"Throughout Latin America the “Latin American Festival of Installation of Free Software” (FLISOL 2008) recently concluded. This event, which has been held since 2005, has as its main objective to promote the use of free software, presenting its philosophy, its scopes and development. [...] In Ecuador, this event gathered a lot of attention, especially since the President of the Republic, Rafael Correa, by means of decree No. 1014 of April 10, 2008, ruled that the computers in the public administration should utilize free software..."