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The IDF is often credited with a large role in the creation and sustained success of the Israeli high-tech industry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The paper analyze the activities and history of the IDF&#8217;s central computer unit, especially the School for Computer Related Professions, the main programming, software engineering, and computer users training unit in the IDF. I argue that while the IDF indeed helped the industry through skilled-labor creation and through fostering spin-offs, concentrating solely on those obscures the much more important role the IDF played in supplying a semi-public good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This paper focuses on the role played by the Israeli military (IDF) in creating and sustaining the highly innovative Israeli software industry. The IDF is often credited with a large role in the creation and sustained success of the Israeli high-tech industry. 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