Subject: Israel snubs Microsoft, moves to open source software
From: Stanley Long (slong@customcpu.com)
Date: Thu Jan 08 2004 - 12:26:06 AKST
Government says it will use what Microsoft software it has in place, but
won't upgrade.
Gillian Law, IDG News Service
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/01/06/Hnisreal_1.html
On its part, the Israeli government has also decided to encourage the
development of lower-price alternatives to Microsoft, to encourage
computer use across Israel, Cohen said.
"We have worked with Sun (Microsystems Inc.) and IBM (Corp.) on
designing a Hebrew version of Open Office software and distributing it
as an alternative to Office. It depends on the government office, but
the government is now using Office, Linux and the Open Office software,"
she said.
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