> On 23/04/05, Shlomi Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I did the best to get the facts right, and do justice to the history. I'm
> > not
> > aware of any other one who documented the Israeli open-source history this
> > way. Note that the page is world-editable so feel free to correct typos and
> > stuff. I just ask that if you have more substantial modifications you'd like
> > to incorporate there, that you'll raise them here before actually editing
> > the
> > page.
My own recollections of the beginnings of Linux-IL are:
One day someone posted on one of the Usenet Israeli newsgroups a query
to find Israeli Linux users. I think it was sometime in 1993. And I
think that the guy was looking for a copy of Linux installation
diskettes to install Linux on his own PC.
Several people replied that they use Linux, including Harvey J. Stein.
It appeared that Linux has made inroads into Israel, but its users were
isolated and were not aware of each other.
Then, Harvey J. Stein posted that a mailing list for Israeli Linux users
should be set up.
While Stein was studying how to set up a mailing list, someone (whose
name escaped me) from Hebrew U. CS department beat him to the punch and
set up the Linux-IL mailing list.
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