Re: [newbie] And the beat goes on...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I never believe anything that comes from the register.. but that's just me. -A On October 14, 2003 12:56 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Poor, poor, Microsloth... ;-) http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2003-10-14-019-26-NW-MS-PB We'll have to see exactly what it is that Isreal will do here. The news is definitely encouraging. I will try to help here by translating excerpts from an article that currently appears on the online version of an Israeli daily: "The Finance Ministry announced today that it suspends the agreement with the software giant Microsoft for the purchase and upgrade of software (mainly for personal computers) for the government ministries. The reason for the decision is mainly monetary, but it also has to do with the way Microsoft products are priced and the government's computer infrastructure. At the beginning of 2001, the government signed a 3 year agreement with Microsoft which will come to an end at the end of the current year. The agreement allowed the government to use Microsoft software for a yearly fee. According to the Finance Ministry the agreement may have had a negative impact for the selection of certain products due to the fact that the agreement requires the purchase of packages of software. Also, the recent cuts in the budget of the government ministries impacts the ability to finance the agreement. Another reason for the suspension of the agreement is the plan the government has for a wide use of alternative software, mainly Sun's Open Office. The price of these software products is much lower then Microsoft's software. It should also be noted that lately Sun Israel with the help of IBM and others is investing much effort to make Open Office work reasonably well in Hebrew, something that will allow the software to compete with Microsoft's in the Israeli market. There is also plan to move the government ministries to use Open Source software. This means the wide use of the Linux OS and software running under Linux." I hope this clarifies the matter somewhat. Even though no mention is made of Antitrust, it is still encouraging to see the government of Israel thinking of using Linux to cut cost. Recently there have been huge cuts in the government budget and when there is little money, people start looking at Linux. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] And the beat goes on...
I never believe anything that comes from the register.. but that's just me. -A -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Wilson Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 4:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] And the beat goes on... On October 14, 2003 12:56 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Poor, poor, Microsloth... ;-) > > http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2003-10-14-019-26-NW-MS-PB We'll have to see exactly what it is that Isreal will do here. The news is definitely encouraging. The responses to a post on the site are not, however. Do we really take ourselves so seriously that what is either an obvious troll or just someone trying, without much success, to be ironic, needs to be answered by many self evident posts, justifications and flames? Hey folks! Lighten up! If it's a troll, ignore it. Answering trolls only encourages them. Ditto if it's a rotten attempt to be ironic. ttfn John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] And the beat goes on...
On October 14, 2003 12:56 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Poor, poor, Microsloth... ;-) > > http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2003-10-14-019-26-NW-MS-PB We'll have to see exactly what it is that Isreal will do here. The news is definitely encouraging. The responses to a post on the site are not, however. Do we really take ourselves so seriously that what is either an obvious troll or just someone trying, without much success, to be ironic, needs to be answered by many self evident posts, justifications and flames? Hey folks! Lighten up! If it's a troll, ignore it. Answering trolls only encourages them. Ditto if it's a rotten attempt to be ironic. ttfn John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] And the beat goes on...
Ronald J. Hall wrote: Poor, poor, Microsloth... ;-) http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2003-10-14-019-26-NW-MS-PB Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com As a friend told me..governments not using microsoft products doesn't mean anything. It is big corporations not using them that would kill them. This is probably true in my book. Walt running Mandrake Linux 9.2 and loving it... "between George Bush, Microsoft and Wal-Mart, we are all going to get F***ed..." -- me Walt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
