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Re: A call for arms - the future of Hebrew in the digital age
For all those who posted responses - thanks.
To all those who posted "count me in"S - thanks, but please not on the
list.
Status of facts: I do not know any more details then the original story
I mentioned which, most probably, did not give all details.
The problem, as I see it, is NOT the fact that MS was chosen by rather
the following:
Fire up Internet Explorer on Win95 OSR2 (non-hebrew version, because
there is no Hebrew version). Go to Microsofot Israel site.
Can you read anything? no. The page is written in Microsoft's "logical"
Hebrew. (needless to say that save for Hebrew version of M$ products
there is no program known to me that can read this page).
Now, "logical" hebrew, so I was told is 99% similar to some open
standart that Eli Marmor (which is an exclenet source ;-) says exists.
But it is not 100% compitable. Which means I cannot view those pages in
any program not written by microsoft.
This same system is now supposed to be used to built the "official"
goverment sites. Translation: if you want information from the Israeli
goverment, you need to buy a m$ product.
I do not believe that this is right. I believe the goverment should
communicat with the citizens in open standart protocols.
That's basically is the whole story.
And as Omar said it, we need a laeyer(s?).
Anyone?
Gilad