Hi, indeed the deadline is way too short and will be postponed. We should not sacrifice to this PR loophole that at the end only benefits MS proponents. Let's consider things quietly and take resolved action afterwards.
Later, Charles. Ian Lynch wrote: > >Point is that both Sun and IBM have a lot of expertise in accessibility. >There is also expertise in the community. All this is new and >development takes time but this development will take place. Even if it >takes longer than the 2007 deadline, Ma already said they will delay >implementing the policy so its all a storm in a teacup. MS >XML-implementation as a default file format is not available, neither is >a Jaws replacement for OOo. I think both of these things will happen, >probably not at the same time. However Ma is a good test base to find >out all the arguments against and get them addressed. Even if a Jaws >replacement was a showstopper at this point of time its not that big a >deal because the work will get done if its that big a priority and the >price differential for disabled people will be huge between an Open >Source solution and the current proprietary offering. It'll probably end >up "good bye Freedom Scientific" as a side-effect of the main thrust if >indeed they are over-priced. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
