On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:17:55 -0800, Mensanator wrote: > On Jan 7, 8:45 am, Terje <f...@usenet.no> wrote: >> Is there a web service/API out there identifying Israel owned >> software/software companies/web sites/web services? If I am about to >> buy a piece of software, but don't want to support the Israeli economy, >> it would have been handy if I could just poll a web service to get the >> answer. This information should be kept in a database, and be public to >> the world through a very simple xml API, something along these lines: >> >> Request: >> <nameOfCompany>Some Company Name</nameOfCompany> >> >> Response: >> <isIsraeliOwned>true</isIsraeliOwned> >> >> Here's one source for this kind of information (I am sure there are >> plenty others):http://www.science.co.il/SoftwareCo.asp >> >> Of course, a web service like this would be equally useful to those who >> want to support Israeli companies. > > Something like that web-service that publishes the names and addresses > of doctors who perform abortions so that they can be assassinated?
Hey, it's about boycott, not killing them. Applied to the doctors example: You go to someone without a doctors degree, a clothes hanger and some experience… ;-) Ciao, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list