Mozilla in Brazil: what's new? [blogmag.net]

Mozilla in Brazil: what's new?

We have accomplished so much in Brazil since my last update that I thought it was time to report on the latest news and activities.

The community is vibrant and involved in all the current projects, and Firefox usage is increasing! Net Applications reports that market share was 38.6% in March 2009, up from 19% in November 2007 when we started increasing our activity level in Brazil.

Here are some highlights of the exciting projects that have taken place over the last few months:

LAN Houses:

LAN houses are the cybercafes of Brazil, they are a very popular way to get access to the Internet.

Mozilla held a LAN house workshop in Rio with 33 in-person participants and 42 via live video stream. The conversation with LAN house owners is now ongoing. Restults can already be seen with a recent change in regulations that now allow for LAN houses to be more easily incorporated, reducing informality, improving their conditions, and contributing to increase the number of people online in Brazil.
Check out pictures from the events
Read the full meeting notes on the LAN house wiki (in English and Portuguese)

Video testimonials

Launched testimonials campaign, gathering over 300 testimonials at campus party.
Campus party pictures
Watch the resulting video highlights (with english subtitles)

Launched the Mozilla Brasil Blog
Started the Mozilla Brazil twitter account
Ongoing proactive outreach to press, response to inquiries
Recent articles:
- Mozilla at Campus Party (Jan 22, 2009)
- Lan Houses (Feb 3, 2009)
- Firefox market share (March 2, 2009)
- Mozilla releases Firefox 3.1 beta 3 (March 12, 2009)
- Firefox add-on: Greasemonkey (April 5, 2009)

What’s next?

Video project: submit your own video explaining why you love Firefox
Planning for FISL 2009 in Porto Alegre from June 24th to June 27th. See the wiki. We’re having a public call to plan for FISL on April 22nd at 2pm PDT. Contact Alix (alix at mozilla dot com) to get the call info.
Community meetup in Sao Paulo on April 18th with Mitchell Baker – contact Alix (alix at mozilla dot com) or Bruno (bmagrani at mozilla dot com) and sign up on the wiki if you would like to participate. Everyone is welcome to join.
Continue working with lan houses and press
Increase Mozilla’s involvement with campuses

If you would like more frequent updates on Brazil, check out the Mozilla Brasil blog and follow firefoxbr on Twitter. You can also join the moz/br community.

Posted on Apr 10, 2009 by Alix F. @ 12:23. This article has been registered in the categories mozilla, brazil,

Comments

Paul Kim

Apr 10, 2009 @ 19:50

Terrific update Alix, and really great to see continued momentum in Brasil!

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Jul 08, 2009 @ 07:22

Hi, Alix. I have just posted in my blog (in portuguese) about Firefox in fisl10, 10o. international free software forum, that happened in Brazil last June. http://prodis.pro.br/2009/07/08/firefox-no-fisl10/ We took a picture with you. Thanks!

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Feb 28, 2010 @ 07:41

Well nothing is new actually because Mozilla was already there in Brazil and now it's just the representatives of firefox visiting the zone with the intention of expanding their business and spread the use of firefox in that are more.That's it.

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Mar 01, 2010 @ 06:12

I wonder why representative from Mozilla don't make a business visit to Asian countries like India and Bangladesh.The way the use of Firefox is increasing in these countries can't be imaged by Mozilla itself.So I would request experts from Mozilla to come and visit those countries and expand their business more.

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Mar 01, 2010 @ 23:09

And they are going to distribute the news further. Good luck for it!

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Mar 02, 2010 @ 11:13

I think their visit is limited to only some countries which they think would prove handy for their business to expand if well promoted in those zones not those regions where they still think firefox needs some name to be made first.

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So the experience must be better there. I can not imagine doing the same thing without feeling burdened, lol..

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Mar 02, 2010 @ 19:42

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Mar 04, 2010 @ 08:14

The firefox usage in Brazil is increasing and also Mozilla had some of the exciting projects that have taken place in Brazil over the past few months, including LAN house workshops, a video testimonials campaign,etc and they are planning more in the coming days.

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Mar 04, 2010 @ 17:51

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Mar 08, 2010 @ 03:34

Wow, finally.. a workshop! It should be a great start for the people living there. Mozilla is really popular too here.

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Mar 08, 2010 @ 20:06

So they ran it successfully. Now is the time to visit more countries and target a bigger objective. Good luck for the company!

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Mar 09, 2010 @ 23:06

Really I am a big fan of Brazil. I spent 2 1/2 weeks for work in Sao Paulo a few years ago. Thanks!

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