<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://wiki.hamakor.org.il/index.php/%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA">http://wiki.hamakor.org.il/index.php/%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA</a><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Amichai Rotman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:amichai@iglu.org.il" target="_blank">amichai@iglu.org.il</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;border-right:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;padding-right:1ex"><div dir="rtl"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr">Hi All,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr">I provide Computer Services to home and small businesses in Haifa.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr">I try to use FLOSS-based solutions as much as possible. Since the outbreak of the "Windows 8.0" virus [1] I have managed to move about 20-30 computers to the Ubuntu Linux distro - and they thank me almost every day since...</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr">Funny enough, after they've been using Ubuntu for a few weeks, they tell me they have re-discovered their computer and are able to do a lot more with it than before!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr">The number one reason for them to finally give up on Windows and make the switch is financial: most of them prefer to pay me 200 NIS for me to install Ubuntu [2], instead of buying a brand new computer...</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr">The most popular concern before making the switch is available support: "what if you are no longer available for some reason? Who do I turn to for help? Nobody knows this Linux thing..." - they say...</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr">I try to explain it is not true. "First of all, I'm not going anywhere", I say. "and there are millions of people in the world, thousands of them in Israel, that are willing to help"...</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr">They, naturally, ask for proof!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr">I thought we, Linuxers of Israel, could start a <b>Directory for Linux Savvy Service Providers in Israel</b>. A much better version of the poorly maintained version on the Hamakor Wiki.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr">This Directory should be very accessible for the average Joe, easy on the eyes and searchable - by field of expertise, Location etc.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr">I am willing to help with populating the DB, but I'd need someone to start the Site. It should have an easy to remember URL, so I can refer people to it directly (they shouldn't have to dig a bunch of sub-menus to get there). It should have it's own URL, (maybe under <a href="http://www.linux.org.il" target="_blank">www.linux.org.il</a>?) and, of course, in Hebrew.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr">Your thoughts?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr">Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr">Amichai Rotman</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr">[1] ;-)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small" dir="ltr">[2] I know it sound very low price, but it is hardly any work for me, and I include Data Backup and a basic explanation on the system! I can finish the whole thing in 3 hours!</div></div>
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