I think you are missing the point here. Ever since I read the Peruvian government minister, I realized that there is a good chance that the government is <breaking its/>non comliant with the law of freedom of information. Meaning, any document or processes of information the government create and store, must be transparent to the citizens. By using closed source software or non-standard formats it theoretically break its own laws. I think that this is the right direction in the matter, though I am not certain about any of this. Are there lawyers in the house?
* - * - * Tzahi Fadida [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax (+1 Outside the US) 240-597-3213 My Cool Site: HTTP://WWW.My2Nis.Com * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * WARNING TO SPAMMERS: see at http://members.lycos.co.uk/my2nis/spamwarning.html > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christoph Bugel > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 4:30 PM > To: Barak Kaufman > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; linux il > Subject: Re: israrail's xls-only schedules > > > On 2002-05-23, Barak Kaufman wrote: > > As far as i remember u can open xls files with no problems > in gnumeric and in > > OO. hebrew might be a bit of a problem ( i didnt try > openning hebrew docs in > > gnome 2<beta> anybody has an experience to share ? ) > > > > > Hello ppl. > > > Anybody want to help me encourage israrail's admins to put their > > > schedules on whe web in some os-independent format, not > only in xls ? > > > They simply don't answer my emails. > > BTW, I sent them a mail, a year ago, complimenting them for > creating a nice website: (1) it actually contains real useful > information (2) > it's a no nonsense website. Sounds obvious, but I think it > takes courage to > build a website without animating crap.. > (didn't get a reply either :-) > > As for the .xls files, I'm not sure that the file format has > the same status as .doc? > Maybe it *is* well documented? I don't know. Here's my > experience with the file: > > I downloaded (english) schedules_eng.zip. > (1) the file has a hebrew name.. > (2) soffice wastes a few minutes (!) playing with the cpu, > but then displays the file. the fonts are huge for some reasone. > (3) gnumeric prints out some warnings and even an error, but > then it also displays the file. look better that soffice. > > > > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
