On Tuesday 14 October 2003 17:17, Shaul Karl wrote: > For example, would it purchase MS Word and thus motivate MS > to furthere invest in RTL languges support or would it use a new Word > processor for free but pays for the creation of a new Linux market?
This is hardly the issue. its not like somebody ever suggested the Israeli government to replace its windows PC with linux boxen. thinking along those lines is naive. the question is what windows based software to buy, and how compatible will it be with free software that the public will use. The only valid point here (except for the general concept which is also very valid) is that maybe by buying MS products the government supports an agresive monopol which counters accepted goals of compatability and striving for an open market with many competitors, but this is debatable. -- Oded ::.. Chism's Law of Completion: The amount of time required to complete a government project is precisely equal to the length of time already spent on it. ================================================================= 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]
