Code Monkey by Matach - Outrageous!

Code Monkey by Matach - Outrageous!

E.S. Rosenberg esr+linux-il at g.jct.ac.il
Fri Dec 11 15:07:17 IST 2015


I'm pretty sure it's the design....
It would be cool if you offered multiple 'shells' ;)

2015-12-11 1:11 GMT+02:00 Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda <ladypine at gmail.com>:
> Amichai,
>
> Actually, I have no idea why you were disgusted. The Ofek website usually
> supports Linux with Chrome or Firefox rather well (though not always).
> 4  years ago, we only had a problem with about 5% of the content, and this
> year I do not recall a single issue.
>
> Orna
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> My kids got an offer to participate in the Code Monkey competition. I was
>> directed to enter the Matach Web site to start training the monkey (sounds
>> soooo bad!)
>>
>> I was disgusted by the landing page - you take a look and guess why:
>>
>> http://ebag.cet.ac.il/
>>
>> My question is: Why does the official Education in Israel promote a
>> private company with obvious interest in making money, and so strongly
>> objects FLOSS solutions?!
>>
>> As far as I know, it is common practice in Europe and the United States...
>>
>> How can we change this?
>>
>> How can I check if there's even one line of free software code behind the
>> Code Monkey business?!
>>
>> I'll appreciate any information / opinion on FLOSS solutions in the
>> official Israeli edukation... (typo deliberate).
>>
>> Amichai Rotman
>>
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