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Israeli Government Suspends Microsoft Contracts
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."
That DOES make Israel the holy land. For linux advocates at least. Bah, I got nothing. But hey, FP?
WWJD.... for a Klondike bar?
I just checked and it seems to be true, though there may be some issues with it.
No, as the article says, there are people out there would would cover the costs of adding support for Microsoft. They're just being anticompetitive and attempting to herd people into buying Win Doze.
The World Wide Web is dying. Soon, we shall have only the Internet.
Apple does support Hebrew. Microsoft does not support Hebrew in their Mac software.
Feel free to mod me "-1 - Angry Jerk".
Actually, Apple does support Hebrew, system level, and there are several good non-MS bi and tri- (Hebrew, Arabic & English) font products on the Mac. Trouble is, non of them are MS-Word compatible. Or rather, they try to be, but MS-Redmond & Tel-Aviv keep changing the rules. The Hebrew/English MS-Word is horrible (I spent quite a bit of time on it). Imagine the compounding bugs that crop up due to the requirement of cursor direction reversal, and added fonts and you get the idea. The Mac & the 3rd party products are a bit cumbersome, but by far less buggy
No disrespect, but you can get OpenOffice for free, which supports Hebrew, as people are saying. So if Microsoft gets cut off, your options are still the same-- use OpenOffice or another word processor that supports Hebrew. You should make the transition today, and tell everyone you know! :)
Well, you might consider using Microsoft Office for Windows. Or you might consider paying money for one of the products like the Hellel Word processor on the Mac that actually support hebrew.
"No disrespect, but you can get OpenOffice for free, which supports Hebrew, as people are saying. So if Microsoft gets cut off, your options are still the same-- use OpenOffice or another word processor that supports Hebrew. You should make the transition today, and tell everyone you know! :)"
Bad recommendation. As of today, you are asking this guy and all his Mac-using friends to DL and install Apple's X11 package and then DL and install OpenOffice.org's suite (which is a significant upgrade behind the x86 versions).
Have you done this yourself? Do you understand what you are recommending that this guy, his family, and friends do?
Do you think his daughter or father even know what X11 is?
--Richard