One small step…

Yesterday I wrote a post on the Ministry of Education in Israel and their lack of support for Open Source.
Today we are updated that several members of the Open Source community in Israel contacted the person in charge of the tender requiring MS Internet Explorer support (in Hebrew), and the Ministry of Education has expressed […]

Open Source in Israeli Schools

The very popular news site ynet.co.il ran an article about Open Source penetration in Israeli schools (in Hebrew).
Since most of you do not read Hebrew I will try to summarize the main points of the article:
Even though the Israeli Ministry of Education puts much emphasis on Microsoft products (i.e. Teaching Excel as part of the […]

Novell Israel is looking for a Localization project leader

According to this blog post (in Hebrew), Novell Israel has decided to support the Localization project and are looking for a project leader.

Larry Ellison in Israel

Larry Ellison made his first visit to Israel this week, so Oracle Israel and Globes organized an invitation only live appearance for the members of the Israeli business and IT market.
I was hoping to hear from him a little bit about Open Source issues. Most of the talk was about the history of Oracle and […]

Open Source Acceptance - Starting Early

Many software vendors know the value getting users to start using their software early in their life / career. Companies usually attempt to achieve this by creating a special (read “discount”) license for educational purposes.
As an example, in Israel, since the IDF (army) has a large role in the software industry (such as spin offs […]

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