Re: GNOME Foundation Announces Program to Sponsor Accessibility Projects

2008-02-28 Thread Li Yuan
Great program! It will definitely bring better accessibility support for GNOME. I'd like to help people who participate the program and need support from accessibility infrastructure. Li 2008/2/27, Behdad Esfahbod [EMAIL PROTECTED]: GNOME Foundation Announces Program to Sponsor Accessibility

Windows-only software in government

2008-02-28 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
Hi all, One of the issues forcing me to keep a few MS Windows computer around in my company are government services relying on Windows-only software, like this example: http://www.statcan.ca/english/exports/download.htm My company is required to report all exports to non-US destinations

Re: GNOME Foundation Announces Program to Sponsor Accessibility Projects

2008-02-28 Thread Richard Stallman
The only places in the announcement that open source appears is in the Google's office name, and in the About blurbs of sponsors (Mozilla Foundation and Canonical). None of which GNOME Foundation has any control on. That is true, but the GNOME Foundation has control over the

Re: GNOME Foundation Announces Program to Sponsor Accessibility Projects

2008-02-28 Thread Richard Stallman
Note that this press release is not about free software, but about accessibility It's about accessibility for GNOME, thus accessibility for free software. The fact that GNOME is free software isn't the main point of this announcement, but it should be a side point.

Re: GNOME Foundation Announces Program to Sponsor Accessibility Projects

2008-02-28 Thread David Bolter
Richard Stallman wrote: Note that this press release is not about free software, but about accessibility It's about accessibility for GNOME, thus accessibility for free software. The fact that GNOME is free software isn't the main point of this announcement, but it should be a side

Re: GNOME Foundation Announces Program to Sponsor Accessibility Projects

2008-02-28 Thread Peter Korn
Hi gang, To amplify on what David said... While many folks with disabilities are understandably most focused on getting a solution that works for them (whether proprietary or not, so long as they have it and can thus use technology, be on the 'net, etc.), I think an increasing number feel

Re: Windows-only software in government

2008-02-28 Thread Richard Stallman
In our company we have 75 linux desktop and 73 win32 desktops, It would be better to say, 75 GNU/Linux desktops and 73 Windows desktops. Calling the system GNU/Linux gives credit to the GNU Project (including GNOME) where it is due. See http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html. Also,