Re: article: OpenOffice.org development boosted by Arab-Israeli collaboration?

[Arafat Medini <lumina at silverpen dot de>]

"OpenOffice.org development boosted by Arab-Israeli collaboration"

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Am Samstag, den 16.10.2004, 12:04 +0400 schrieb M Elzubeir:
> On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 08:47:03 +0100, Muhammad Alkarouri
> <malkarouri at yahoo dot co dot uk> wrote:
> > Salam,
> > 
> > Here is the article you are waiting for...
> > 
> > http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39163114,00.htm
> > 
> 
> Yeah, someone mentioned it last night, but I was hoping Ingrid would
> mention it.
> 
> > I think there is a bit of spin here, but this is journalism..
> 
> Yup.
> 
> > 
> > Opinions?
> > 
> 
> While there has been cooperation between all those concerned with RTL
> based scripts (I think the true origins of this began with FriBidi), I
> don't recall any tangible coordination or 'working-together' with
> Hebrew speakers as far as OpenOffice.org is concerned. This mainly due
> to the fact that they are ahead of us in terms of use and development
> of OOo.
> 
> 
> Regards