On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:55, geoffrey mendelson > I see it differently. Not because I like it, or agree with it, but because I > am a cynic and believe the Israeli mindset to be different. I see it that > they will say that they have a limited budget and the cost of providing the > service to Windows users is something they must do, but to pay the extra > money for FOSS support is a losing bet, as they don't know if anyone uses > it, and they can use Windows (and M/S products) instead. >
Presenting DOC/ PDF as Windows / FOSS is a false dichotomy. Presenting it DOC / PDF as "works only on expensive or pirated software" / "works on all computers and mobile devices" is the key. > If they want to make their service more accessible, then they would spend > what little money they have on iPod/iPhone/iPad apps and possibly Android > ones. > See above, PDF will support those devices already. > With that in mind, I think that the place to lobby for increased FOSS > accessibility is the ministry of Education who controls these things, while > private schools are just not going to have the money. > :-( > -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
