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Israeli Gov't Begins Testing Mandrake Linux
DJStealth writes "According to this article on Arutz 7/Israel National News, the Israeli Gov't is beginning to move away from Microsoft and is testing localized versions of Mandrake Linux in the Treasury dept. as the contract with MS expires this month. This all despite a recent defense ministry contact with MS."
Sorry. I just have problems with the way he manages the country, that's all.
This is not the sig you're looking for.
It not only blows up and kills your victims, but it also gives your victims the right to also blow up and take some others with them.
I find it quite interesting how the US government makes a dedicated effort to importing stuff from Israel
It's actually illegal to boycott Israeli goods, even to ask "Is this made in Israel" in the US.
- and pouring millions and millions of dollars into the country every day,
It really isn't clear who "wears the pants" in the US-Israel relationship. Nothing similar appears to exist between any other pair of countries. You are more likely to find critisism of Israeli government policy from the Kenesset than from the US Congress. More likely to find such a thing printed in an Israeli newspaper than a US one.
and it might just be my sick sense of humour, but it seems like a bit of a slap in the face that the Israelis decided to go away from american corporation Microsoft's software.
Compared with some of the other things Israel has done, this is minor. It's not as if they are killing MS sales reps or bombing Redmond (then claiming they though it was an Egyptian Horse Carrier)...
Or maybe it's only *recent* genocide that you want to protest?
Close.
It's ongoing genocide that must be protested.
(you see, that way we can save lives.)
You would think so, but Israel is having trouble getting loans from the U.S. government (which it has a perfect record of repaying), much less gifts.
* Most Israelies would rather just get on with thier lives. They neither hate nore care what happens to the "Palistinians" any more
This says a lot. Ever heard "The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference"?
No, I haven't lived in Israel. I have, however, lived inside South Africa (but not in South Africa; bonus points for anyone who figures that out), and the similarities to the Apartheid state are illuminating. Maybe that's why Israel and S.A. were such good allies in the pre-Mandela days.
P.S. Setting up straw man arguments on behalf of those opposed to you doesn't advance the debate .
Bullshit. Numerous arab villages have been confiscated post-1948 and not one shekel has been paid to those who were expelled.
This eviction is documented in several different books by different people including David Ben Gurion who personally ordered the expulsion of arabs from places they had lived in for decades, if not longer, immediately after 1948. In fact, he had to convince Shimon Peres, a colonel at the time, that it was acceptable to do so.
Further, simply because you evict someone does not make it eminent domain. By your logic the germans were perfectly within their right to confiscate property owned by jews since the jews had been evicted or run out.
* Arabs can and do, walk in Zionist shopping malls, grocerie stores, parks, and public schools. Jews who walkin Arab neiboorhoods are likley to be shot/stabed/beaten etc..
Double bullshit. You claim to dispel myths about Israelis yet find no problem in perpetuating myths about the Palestinians. The documented cases of an Israeli walking into an Palestinian/arab-owned shop and being attacked are few and far between. In fact, as you are probably aware but don't want to admit, many Israeli shop owners 'sell' their shops to Palestinians on friday night so that come saturday the shop can remain open on the sabbath since they don't 'own' the shop. On saturday night the process is reversed.
Your comment about the gravy train since the Holocaust is, however, fairly close to the truth. Everytime someone brings up something about how Israel is violating international law by confiscating more land for its settlements (which no one, including the United States recognizes as legitimate) the old song about how the jews suffered under Nazi rule is brought out to justify the actions.
Point in fact, those who had property confiscated under Nazi rule have sued various banks and companies claiming they are owed compensation for their loss of property. Fair enough. It's theirs, give it back. However, when Palestinians/arabs talk about going back to their land from which they were expelled, Israel, particularly Sharon, won't even entertain the thought including giving some kind of compensation. Nice double standard.
Guess what folks, just because it happened to you does not justify you doing it to someone else.