<div dir="ltr">I think it's just your run-of-the-mill Israeli stubbornness. (And I mean that in a good way).<br>"MY website is good enough! Why should I change it?"<br>This was actually the excuse I heard from more than one IT person when I suggested that they modify their pages a little bit so that they will be viewable in something other than IE6.<br>
And in some cases I even offered to help...<br>But I feel for you Uri. I have to deal with many sites like this, and it infuriates me. One organization (who shall remain nameless) even offered to buy me a legal copy of Windows rather than make any changes.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Stan Goodman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stan.goodman@hashkedim.com">stan.goodman@hashkedim.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
On Thursday 26 May 2011 at 19:01:40 (GMT+2) "Uri Even-Chen"<br>
<div class="im"><<a href="mailto:uri@speedy.net">uri@speedy.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hi people,<br>
><br>
> I recently had to pay taxes to the tax authorities in Israel (income<br>
> tax). I think it's amazing that the tax authorities website supports<br>
> only MSIE. I called their support and asked, they said they don't<br>
> support Google Chrome or Firefox - only MSIE. I'm using Google<br>
> Chrome and Firefox with all other websites, including my bank, but<br>
> only with the tax authorities website I have to use MSIE. I have a<br>
> bug/virus in MSIE and it took me more than an hour and I tried at<br>
> least 6 times with 2 computers and 3 people on their support until I<br>
> could pay my taxes. Shame on them! Maybe the Israeli Internet<br>
> association should do something about it (revoke their .gov<br>
> domain!)...<br>
<br>
</div>Why amazing? Israel is probably the most MS addicted country on the<br>
planet. Nowhere else do people look at you as at a lunatic when they<br>
learn that you are using something "exotic" (OS/2 or Linux). Once, years<br>
ago, I was told in a Bezeq business office that I was speaking out of<br>
ignorance, because _every_ computer has Windows. In contrast, last month<br>
in Kiev, the driver who brought me into town from the airport glanced at<br>
the screen of my laptop (which does not say "Linux"), and said to me,<br>
"Oh, you're using Linux".<br>
<br>
There has already been a lot of talk here about efforts to get<br>
governmental agencies and quasi-governmental ones to loosen up and stop<br>
acting as though they are a subsideary of Microsoft.<br>
<br>
I've said before that the right address for improving this state of<br>
afairs is the State Comptroller. That is still true.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Stan Goodman<br>
Qiryat Tiv'on<br>
Israel<br>
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