This chart has been floating around since Gustavo Duarte posted it on his blog a few days ago. These figures illustrate why the cost of living difference between the US and Latin America makes Microsoft a bad business concept for the region and also why North-by-South is a good one! It has found its way to both CNet and Slashdot (where, sadly, Commander Taco downplays the Brazilian free software movement by referring to a Linux.com article from a year ago which highlights a few negative comments and ignores almost all the concrete work being done for free software in Brazil).

Fourteen cities in Ecuador participated in the recent Latin American Festival of Free Software Installation. A detailed report about the events in Ecuador, given the recent decree by President Rafael Correa, was published on Global Voices Online.