From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C9F42FC67 for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2001 13:51:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id f88HpNU09795 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sat, 8 Sep 2001 13:51:23 -0400 Received: from mail.students.cs.uu.nl (vmailer@solar.students.cs.uu.nl [131.211.82.28]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id f88HpNg09791 for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2001 13:51:23 -0400 Received: from abeel.students.cs.uu.nl (abeel.students.cs.uu.nl [131.211.82.40]) by mail.students.cs.uu.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60C4A85ED for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2001 19:51:22 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 19:51:22 +0200 (MET DST) From: Andor Demarteau To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: The growing accessibility gap: was Ameritech.net In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Jude DaShiell wrote: > The three companies primarily responsible for inaccessibility are sun > microsystems for having invented java in the first place. Second netscape > for having innovated html and java. Third Microsoft for having innovated > everything else. Sorry, but I have to crrect one thing here. Microsoft (among other things) doesn't and if you ask me can't innovate at all. The hole idea of graphical ui's was taken right from Macintosh who had that kind of techonoly about 10 years before windows ever was created. Blame it on ms though to get it mass-produced and distributed. > Jude > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > slainte mhaith (good health), slainte (cheers) Uisce Beatha (water of live/health) ----------- Andor Demarteau E-mail: ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl student computer science www: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~ademarte/ Utrecht University irc: see webpage for details ----------- Believe in yourself, know what you want, and make it happen!