Article: Should the gov't fund software development? The case for the Hebrew Open office

DAVID SHAMAH
Jerusalem Post
09-02-2008
Headline: Should the gov't fund software development? The case for the Hebrew Open office
Byline: DAVID SHAMAH
Edition; Daily
Section: Economics
Page: 18

Tuesday, September 2, 2008 -- Who's afraid of OpenOffice? Not the government of Israel, which will once again fund development of the Hebrew OpenOffice project. But to judge by some of the online comments reacting to this news, there are lots of Israelis who are afraid of Oo!

OpenOffice (http://www.openoffice.org), as everyone knows by now, is the free, open-source office suite, an alternative for many people (including yours truly) to Microsoft Office.

Writing in English as I do, I work mostly with the ...

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