VP>> I meant being out-of-date with regard to /Hebrew desktop
VP>> applications/. We're fighting for /desktop users/ not for
VP>> sysadmins or developers (they /know/ what Linux is if they live
VP>> on Earth). So let me ask you again -- are there applications that
You wish. Most of them heard of it, but significant percent don't know
what is it. And easiness of installation doesn't bring more understanding
- now you can install KDE and think it's the part of Linux kernel... I
don't say it's totally bad, just facts.
VP>> can serve as close replacement for Microsoft Office Hebrew
VP>> Edition?
No, there aren't.
VP>> We should prove that one doesn't need to buy everything from
VP>> Microsoft to make sure his daughter can submit her annual work on
VP>> history at the school. Personally I am sick of MS Office, but it
VP>> does most of the things your average Hebrew speaker wants from
VP>> his/er home computer. And it does now. And what it produces has
Personally, I'm sick of it because it doesn't. When I've installed win98
and part of the applications started to display "????"'s on me, I grew
even more sick. And when I learned that Hebrew support *still* severly
breaks other non-Latin languages (at least, in Word, Wordpad is better
here) I was sick as hell. But do I have a choice? Not really. I just use
Emacs in Hebrew mode for Hebrew works, but it isn't enough.
VP>> acceptable quality. If we want to convince others we must be
VP>> prepared to answer these questions.
Exactly.
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