Re: Linux Demo Day 17.2

2000-01-11 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
ED]] Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 23:21 Cc: Linux-IL Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux Demo Day 17.2 On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo wrote: Yeah, especially knowing the fact that Linux is *not* an alternative to Windows on the local market. There's still no desc

Re: Linux Demo Day 17.2

2000-01-11 Thread Ira Abramov
On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: NT is hebrew enabled.. I got here on 1 of our machines a Windows NT SERVER - Hebrew enabled (no kidding). amazing scientific advancements. now your machine's CPU can be 45% occupied by a Hebrew banner in a flickering screen saver, rather than only

Re: Linux Demo Day 17.2

2000-01-10 Thread Ira Abramov
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Arie Vayner wrote: be an Official Mictosoft-Israel launch party in some hotel or Ganey Hataarukha, THAT's where we should arrive. armed with a few dozen laptops and folding tables outside the confference, greeting the people coming in :-) I'm afraid they would

RE: Linux Demo Day 17.2

2000-01-10 Thread Chen Shapira
I'm afraid they would find a way to get us arrested! nope, and it's been done before... here's one such "tea party" I attended in person: http://www.scso.com/linux/tea-party-1998/ (your choice of PNG or the cursed monopolitic GIF format :) Actually it would be *better* to

Re: Linux Demo Day 17.2

2000-01-10 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Mon, Jan 10, 2000, Chen Shapira wrote about "RE: Linux Demo Day 17.2": I'm afraid they would find a way to get us arrested! nope, and it's been done before... here's one such "tea party" I attended in person: http://www.scso.com/linux/tea-party-1998/ (y

Re: Linux Demo Day 17.2

2000-01-10 Thread Ira Abramov
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Nadav Har'El wrote: Actually it would be *better* to get arrested. Just think of the press: "Programmers get arrested for handing our free CD's" I hope you're joking... As much as I am a Linux fanatic, and a preacher of operating-system pluralism, it is *not* the

Re: Linux Demo Day 17.2

2000-01-10 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Mon, Jan 10, 2000, Ira Abramov wrote about "Re: Linux Demo Day 17.2": On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Nadav Har'El wrote: Actually it would be *better* to get arrested. Just think of the press: "Programmers get arrested for handing our free CD's" I hope you're jokin

Re: Linux Demo Day 17.2

2000-01-10 Thread Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo
NHE If you ask me, I think we (linux fans) should not be NHE demonstration outside Microsoft conferences. What would you NHE think if MS fans demonstrated outside Yeah, especially knowing the fact that Linux is *not* an alternative to Windows on the local market. There's still no descent Hebrew

Re: Linux Demo Day 17.2

2000-01-10 Thread Ira Abramov
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo wrote: Yeah, especially knowing the fact that Linux is *not* an alternative to Windows on the local market. There's still no descent Hebrew support, saying nothing about manuals, localisation and the stuff. we're talking about a match for

Re: Linux Demo Day 17.2

2000-01-10 Thread Ira Abramov
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Nadav Har'El wrote: who talked about violance? I said "come with folding tables and laptops" not as tools for hitting people, but as a demo corner to show them what they won't see inside, and give away free CDs. If the police tells you to go away, and you don't, but

RE: Linux Demo Day 17.2

2000-01-10 Thread El-al, Netta
since when is nt hebrew-enabled??? -Original Message- From: Ira Abramov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 23:21 Cc: Linux-IL Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux Demo Day 17.2 On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo wrote: Yeah, especially knowing

RE: Linux Demo Day 17.2

2000-01-10 Thread Chen Shapira
I hope you're joking... As much as I am a Linux fanatic, and a preacher I certainly am. or atleast getting carried away. of operating-system pluralism, it is *not* the time yet to take such actions against Microsoft. "direct action" and civil disobedience are not the way to fight

RE: Linux Demo Day 17.2

2000-01-10 Thread Chen Shapira
since when is nt hebrew-enabled??? Win2k is full unicode based. Complete with fonts bidi and other goodies. Chen Shapira [EMAIL PROTECTED] Queen Isabella where are you today? The new Chris. Colombus is wasting away. = To

Re: Linux Demo Day 17.2

2000-01-10 Thread Arie Vayner
"El-al, Netta" wrote: since when is nt hebrew-enabled??? For more than a year now (I think even more than 1.5 years...) -- Arie Vayner [EMAIL PROTECTED] = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word

Re: Linux Demo Day 17.2

2000-01-10 Thread Ira Abramov
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Chen Shapira wrote: "The founder of last year's Linux Demo Day, Intel employee Deepak Saxena, plans to use the publicity surrounding Windows' release to generate interest in the alternative operating system, Linux. Users will be encouraged to run presentations in local