On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Shlomi Fish wrote: > > Apparently, this mailing-list was distracted by other matters, so I am > requesting some input again. I only received one reply and all it said was > that Hebrew/Arabic Support for StarOffice was something that IBM's > BiDi team may be working on (but he was not sure about it). > > So I am making a request again. If no-one answers here, I guess I'll have > to address linux-il where I am almost certain I will receive some input > (with the possible flames). > > So, please feel free to post or reply to me in person, if you have any > ideas, or if you wish to express your personal preferences about the ideas > that were raised so far.
The ideas that you've already raised seem good enough. Any idea what kind of resources they rather give (server resources? money? lecture space?) What exactly can we give in return? Is there an issue of Sun vs. [other unix vendor] marketing issue that we should avoid? Or maybe contact IBM-IL? (Note: unless there is a real issue here, it is not worth postponing the answer because of that) > On Sun, 7 Oct 2001, Shlomi Fish wrote: > > > > > I was contacted by Haim Tzadok ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and was informed by > > him that Sun Israel has agreed to give support to Linux-IL and other Linux > > activities in Israel. In return they would like us to mention their > > Linux-related courses (naturally, as well as the courses of other > > companies) on our site, and perhaps some other favours in exchange. In > > any case, they would like to know how can they best help the Israeli Linux > > community. > > > > The ideas we came up so far are: > > > > 1. A lecture hall. > > 2. Raising mirrors of Linux-related downloads. > > 3. Hebrew Support for Star Office. > > 4. Free or trial CDs of Star Office or other Sun products. > > > > What else comes to your mind. Please answer to this list so we can discuss > > it further. In any case, I will summarize the suggestions and pass it on > > to him. > > > > Regards, > > > > Shlomi Fish > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Shlomi Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Home Page: http://t2.technion.ac.il/~shlomif/ > > Home E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > A more experienced programmer does not make less bugs. He just realizes > > what went wrong more quickly. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Archives available at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Shlomi Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Home Page: http://t2.technion.ac.il/~shlomif/ > Home E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > A more experienced programmer does not make less bugs. He just realizes > what went wrong more quickly. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives available at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives available at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
