Michael Stolovitzsky wrote:
On Monday 28 October 2002 02:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:OK. It precisely because of the above rather purile remark, that I didn't go into details. Also, beyond the following paragraphs, I will not engage in political disussion on this list:
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 12:52:36AM +0200, Daniel Feiglin wrote:Yes, and along with it it was also mentioned than the whole open source promotion episode is nothing other than a publicity stunt - hey, we have RELIGIOUS PARTIES feeding off the budget, you wouln't be taking anyone who wants to cut expenses on IT licensing seriously, now would you?
Hello folks!Wasn't it was mentioned here some days ago that some Knesset member had
Who if anyone, is considered to be an open source guru/advocate in the
Knesset?
If none, is there anyone there who might know what it is?
Thanks,
Daniel
P.S. This is NOT O.T. in my view.
files a law about OS software? Not that I know if it is best to approach
him. In addition I believe that since the Knesset science committee
discussion on OS software, Knesset member Eithan might have a clue about
it.
Are you willing to tell us what it is all about?
/Begin once off political comment
1. A few weeks ago, the Likud conducted elections for the Merkaz.
2. I nominated and was elected ont he Manhigut Yehudit ticket (and I don't give a stuff if someone here doesn't like that).
3. I am personally involved with the Manhigut Economics group.
4. As a long time user of Linux (1998) and GNU software on OS/2 many years before, it shouldn't come as a great surprise that I should be interested in open source advocacy.
5. The reasoning behind 4. is far less sinister than using the savings to finance another Bet Keneset or my summer palace (caravan) at Shavei Shomron:
If some of you little kid geniuses can remember as far back as 1992, you may recall that abou that time Microsoft started making a song and dance about software piracy and "one diskette" operations. Of course it was all bluff. Uncle Bill knew full well, than the generation of naughty kid geniuses (mostly you guys) would grow up on DOS, and later Windows - and would subsequently become legitimate users, whom from not knowing anything else, would become "locked in". Was he far wrong?
Where is OS/2 today?
Of course Uncle Bill could not have anticipated RMS and Uncle Linus.
Surely we can do the same thing! If we can get today's kid geniuses using open software
(1) The moral issue of piracy is largely avoided
(2) Everyone can get it without paying an arm and a leg
(3) Some of those kid geniuses will ultimately become contributors
(4) (Politics) It puts Israel firmly in the center of the software development map and also contributes to reducing our dependency on one big foreign supplier (Manhigut policy)
(5) As was observed above, if in a "katnuni" way, yes, the government and industry can save a great deal of money.
The caveat is this: The idea of using AND contributing have to hand in hand . Both the government and industry will need to address the latter issue either by promoting software development "kollels" (Yea! Just like us "Dosim"), and / or a system of scholarships for suitable kid geniuses.
If anyone has anything concrete and constructive to offer on the list or off, by all means. I ignore flames, so don't bother.
/End once off political comment
Daniel
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