They had apress release that said they owned Benetech? You're right about the rest of it, John. There's no excuse for the inaccessible, and overly complicated interface. On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, John J. Boyer wrote: > Janina, > Thanks for the explanation. I've always wondered how Freedom Scientific > could buy Arkenstone and have it remain a nonprofit. That is what one of > their press releases said. I'm the head of a nonprofit myself, and I was > wondering what legal loophole they wriggled through. > But bookshare.org is certainly behaving like FS. The part of their site > with public domain books should be freely accessible to everyone and > accessible with a text browser. > John > On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > John: > > > > You're wrong. Benetech is not owned by Freedom Scientific. Where ever did you get such an idea into your head? > > > > Benetech is a 501(c)3 non profit in the U.S. BookShare is one of several Benetech projects. > > > > Perhaps here's what has you confused. Benetech was created when Arkenstone sold OpenBook to Freedom Scientific. Since > > Arkenstone was also a 501(c)3, no money from that sale could go to an inidividual, as indeed it did not. Rather, the > > President of Arkenstone, Jim Fruchterman, used the money to start Benetech, which he is also President of. > > > > But it is certainly not "owned" by anyone. > > > > On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, John J. Boyer wrote: > > > > > Cheryl, > > > Bookshare.org is run by Benetech, which is owned by Freedom Scientific. > > > >From my experience with the latter company I'm not surprised that > > > bookshare.org is inaccessible. They have no sensitivity to their customers > > > needs. They don't even run their business properly. > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org