On Monday 05 October 2009, Vickram Crishna wrote: > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 3:02 PM, jtd <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Monday 05 October 2009, sunil wrote: > > > Let me assure you that > > > mandating WCAG will go a long way in ensuring rapid adoption of > > > FOSS tool for producing and consuming web-content. > > > > In the case of accessibility we are already dealing with a thoroughly > > disadvantaged minority with extremely limited resources and > > opportunities. I > > do not see how removing references to FLOSS can be beneficial, except by > > relying on charity (doles / handouts / subsidy). > > Just fyi, depending on how the word 'ability' is defined, the minority you > refer to could be about 30% of India's population. That is substantially > the same or more than the communities often referred to as 'majorities' > (and I won't digress by listing the most - or should that be least? - > obvious ones).
WOW!. I most certainly never new that. Even if the term is substantially watered down the numbers are hughe. any pointers to stats on the web? > > As far as the charity etc goes, even the most rabid economist will admit > that distribution is one of the major problems in India, not quantum, as > far as money is concerned. > > But yes, much of the problem with representation (a voice) relates to the > lack of appropriate communication aids, or (equally, the flip side of the > coin) the proliferation (and therefore apparently cheap) inappropriate > communication aids. Hence the need for standards that bend over backward, > if you will, to avoid being encumbered by or with proprietary and exclusive > or discriminatory interests. -- Rgds JTD _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
