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Hi :-)

Gene Collins wrote:
> If Speakup were a user space app, you could start it from inittab,

I think that's tempting;
big gains in portability and ease of maintenance...

If it stays in the kernel,
isn't there some multibillionaire with a blind relative out there,
and could sponsor a kernel-hacker to work on speakup for a few weeks ?

Regards,  Peter Billam

http://www.pjb.com.au      pj@pjb.com.au     (03) 6278 9410
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 from The Theory of Positrons, Physical Review, 1949