Boycotting Israel Just Got a Bit Harder

October 4, 2009 paulas Israel 0

The longer those who want to boycott Israel spend doing so, the harder it gets. Soon, these countries and individuals will find themselves back in the Dark Ages, sick, hungry and possibly naked.

Certainly, with no laptops, no cellular phones, and few medical devices (all having been partially or completely developed by Israel), they face a boring life and now, according to Microsoft, their lives just got even harder:

Microsoft’s free antivirus developed in Israel

Development of Microsoft Security Essentials began in Herzliya Pituach.
Tzachi Hoffman30 Sep 09

Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT) yesterday announced that it will allow free downloads of its new Microsoft Security Essentials antivirus program for registered private customers. The beta version of the program has been available for several months. Owners of legal versions of Microsoft Windows can download Microsoft Security Essentials without registering. The program also works on thin hardware such as Netboxes.

Development of Microsoft Security Essentials began in December 2008 at the Microsoft Israel R&D center in Herzliya Pituach. A team of dozens of programmers, overseen by Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie, handled the development.

Microsoft Israel product team leader Shai Kariv said, “We’ve added new options for private users with our antivirus. The product uses the latest antivirus technologies. It’s easy to use, download, and maintain, and it’s free. There’s no need to register anywhere, and there’s no advertising on it.”

“Globes”: How will the new antivirus affect the competition against the for-pay option?

Kariv: “That’s hard to assess at this time, but that’s not our goal. For-pay programs do good work protecting Windows, and we’re targeting customers who don’t install antivirus programs. Our emphasis isn’t to compete against other programs, but to offer free antivirus to most of the people who don’t have an up-to-date program, either because it’s hard for them to pay for it or because they don’t want to pay.”

Published by Globes [online], Israel business news – www.globes-online.com – on September 30, 2009

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We are a democratic country; so much so, we allow our enemies into our government and from the podium of our parliament, they have the freedom to call for policies that would destroy us. Our current enemies, those who pose the most immediate threat lie to our north. This is Hizbollah land, where according to their leader Hassan Nasrallah, “We have discovered how to hit the Jews where they are the most vulnerable. The Jews love life, so that is what we shall take away from them. We are going to win, because they love life and we love death.” Our enemies lie to the northeast. This is Syria. My sons have spent many months on the Golan Heights, including some tense days waiting to see how the Syrians would react after Israel sent planes to destroy a building widely believed to be the beginnings of a nuclear reactor. My oldest son fought near Gaza to help stop the rockets from being fired against Israel. Our enemies lie further to the east. This is Iran, led by fanatics who promise that they will do all they can to accomplish in a few minutes more than what Adolf Hitler accomplished in six years of war. The Iranian leadership has made it clear in words and actions that they are after a nuclear bomb and that their goal is to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. Believe them.

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