Israel Suspends Acquisitions Of Microsoft Software (TechWeb)

[Posted December 31, 2003 by cook]

TechWeb reports on Israel's decision to not upgrade to the latest versions of Microsoft Office. "The Israeli government also will encourage the development of lower-priced alternatives to Microsoft software in an effort to help expand computer use by the public. To that end, the Finance Ministry has cooperated with Sun Microsystems and IBM in designing the Hebrew language version of OpenOffice software, a freely distributed open-source alternative to Microsoft Office."