<incom> PC sales in Brasil close to TV sets

[Felipe Fonseca]

Hey all

Interesting info this weekend on newspapers here: for
the first time, the expected PC sales during 2007 is
threatening to equal TV sales. Industry thinks 11,7 million
TVs will be sold, and nearly 11 million PCs. In 2006,
8,6 million PCs were sold.

http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/dinheiro/ult91u114234.shtml

There is also gossip about the "Computador para todos"
program, that offers tax exemptions for low cost computers
running GNU/Linux, to be paid in up to 36 months. The
second stage of the project is expected to deliver PCs with
LCD monitors, the total government budget for it raised
from 300 million BRL to 600 million BRL (almost 300 million
USD). The ~150k computers they have sold are expected
to double, reaching also cheaper laptops.

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FelipeFonseca
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