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Israeli Government Suspends Microsoft Contracts

Posted by simoniker on from the do-not-pass-go dept.

MartinB writes "According to The Register, in a double blow to Redmond, the Israeli government has both suspended all government contracts with Microsoft until at least the end of 2004, and Israeli Antitrust Authority director general Dror Strum has ruled that Microsoft is subject to US court limitations. At issue in part is Microsoft's refusal to support Hebrew in Mac versions of Office."

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  1. Re:I guess when you have suicide bombers . . . by mr100percent · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    When the numbers of children who died are concerned, I'd say yes.

    318 Palestinians under 18 killed by the IDF from 2000-2002. That's not including the dozens more in the past year. I know Israeli children died as well, but I don't know how many.

    I don't see homeless Israelis in the news, but as of today over 1200 Palestinians are homeless in Rafa refugee camp due to the bulldozing over the past 4 days.

    1715 Palestinians were killed by the IDF during 2000-2002. Only 20 investigations by the IDF into incidents where Palestinians died, which led to only 2 indictments.

  2. Re:I guess when you have suicide bombers . . . by mr100percent · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I wouldn't generalize all 200 million Arabs the same way though. A huge proportion support a two-state plan, which meant they would live with an existing Israel. If everything went back to the 1967 boarders, terrorism would drop by 95% IMO.

    Remember, Arafat accepted the two-state Road Map immediately, while Ariel Sharon refused.

  3. Double Standard by The+Monster · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Since when does regions conquered in wartime count as "stolen?" It was won, fair and square.
    I have never understood this double standard either. Back in WWII, Germany lost Silesia, Pomerania, and East Prussia to Poland, and the Russians wouldn't even entertain the notion of ending their occupation of the DDR and letting it reunify with the BRD until it was stipulated that Germany forever renounced any claims to that land. I fail to see how Judaea/Samaria, the Gaza Strip and Golan Heights should be any different - Jordan, Egypt, and Syria respectively lost those lands to Israel and that should be the end of it.

    When Jordan was the only country to support Iraq in Gulf War I, I thought the proper punishment should have been to rename the country 'Palestine' and tell all those who consider themselves 'Palestinians' that they had a homeland now and could stop fighting.

    --

    [100% ISO 646 Compliant]
    SVM, ERGO MONSTRO.

  4. Re:What about Jordan? by pommiekiwifruit · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    "No product may be built, partially or entirely, in Israel."

    Yeah, you should get all your products made in Cuba, since the US is not a racist country, and if they didn't like Fidel Castro's policies they would never do a racist thing like impose an embargo on another country...

    When will people learn, a country is not a race!

    And if you were a real businessman you would know about the US denials list, which is a long list of individuals (and some countries) with whom the US doesn't allow technology companies (like IBM) to deal. Or has that system been changed recently?

    Since USians probably think Saddam started Bush Gulf War 2 by sucking those bombs into his country from the US airforce, no doubt you think Egypt started the 1967 war by sucking Israeli bombs onto their airfields.