From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tcsnpop1.tcsn.uswest.net ([207.108.112.1]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15tweT-0007nL-00 for ; Wed, 17 Oct 2001 15:46:53 -0400 Received: (qmail 60375 invoked by uid 50); 17 Oct 2001 19:46:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 60332 invoked by uid 0); 17 Oct 2001 19:46:53 -0000 Received: from tcsndslgw4poola102.tcsn.uswest.net (HELO lightstar) (63.227.85.102) by tcsnpop1.tcsn.uswest.net with SMTP; 17 Oct 2001 19:46:53 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Jason To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Linux desktop push could benefit disabled (fwd) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 12:47:28 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <002a01c15741$e12566a0$40128fd1@enterprise> <002901c15742$bb498460$7f7ef59b@essex.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <002901c15742$bb498460$7f7ef59b@essex.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01101712472801.09216@lightstar> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Well, that's whart I get for reading slashdot huh? :-P On Wednesday October 17, 2001 12:34 pm, you wrote: > Hi, just to clarify: > Sun are not dropping Gnome yet. > What you may be confusing this with is the fact that Gnome will not be > included in Solaris version 9.0, which is due out early in January. > However Gnome will be included in a future version of Solaris - Gnome 2 > just won't be ready in time I think. > I'm talking as an individual who has nothing to do with Sun whatsoever, but > this is what I think. > Saqib > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Ward" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 8:28 PM > Subject: Re: Linux desktop push could benefit disabled (fwd) > > > Well, according to the Gnome site Sun is still working on Gnome 2, and a > > early release of Gnome two is expected to come out later this year. > > From all the documentation I have read over the past few months there > > isn't > > > much credit to Sun dropping Gnome 2 just yet. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jason" > > To: > > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 1:56 PM > > Subject: Re: Linux desktop push could benefit disabled (fwd) > > > > > Well, it's a good thing that other companies have jumped on this, > > because > > > if > > > > > the lastest headlines from slashdot are correct, Sun has dropped out of > > > > the > > > > > GNOME projects recently > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday October 17, 2001 10:25 am, wacker@octothorp.org wrote > > >