I agree on the part that while being MALKAR and living from public funds they should be open source. I also think that they should at least be forced to concider porting their programs to other OSs. I think making people use any kind of software over the other is a bad bad idea and kind of ruin the idea of freedom which is behind OSS.
Ely Levy System group Hebrew University Jerusalem Israel On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Alon Altman wrote: > On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Nadav Har'El wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 02, 2003, Ely Levy wrote about "Edu in linux": > > > Hey, > > > I wanted to raise a discussion about the intergation of linux on schools > > > and kindergardens around israel. > > > > A very important topic indeed. > > > > > 6)Does matach does programs which can't be replaced by opensourced > > > programs? > > > > The sad (but probably true) part of your question is the word "replaced". > > Does anybody know anything about Matach and can tell us a bit about them, > > their raison d'etre, and their funding? I was under the impression that > > Matach operates with government funds; In this case why aren't their programs > > open-source, instead of somebody needing to do free replacements??? > > > > Imagine a country where not only can schools use free software, but kids > > are actually free to use the same software at home without draining the > > family's budget. This is not only essential to sick kids, but also useful > > for parents who cannot afford private tutors, and for kids who want to learn > > at a slightly different pace or to reenforce the learning they'd done in > > class. > > > > Just like John Lennon, I don't think that every sentence beginning with > > "Imagine" is necessarily impossible... > > > > And don't even get me started on Matach's spellchecker, rav-milim ;) > > CET(Matach) is a MALKAR and is funded mostly with public funds. > See http://www.cet.ac.il/main/about.asp for more info. > > I think we should try and pass legislation that schools will be forbidden > to require the students to purchase closed software to submit their > schoolwork. Also, we should reduce public spending on non-open software > development - CET should be producing open software that could then be > ported by the community (maybe using winelib). > > Alon > > -- > This message was sent by Alon Altman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ICQ:1366540 > The RIGHT way to contact me is by e-mail. I am otherwise nonexistent :) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -=[ Random Fortune ]=- > In case of atomic attack, all work rules will be temporarily suspended. > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
