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 at octothorp.org wrote > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 20:38:58 GMT > From: Maurice A. Mines <mmines at mines-family.net> > To: mmines at qwest.net > Subject: Linux desktop push could benefit disabled [snip] > The project to develop the hooks needed for accessibility hardware and > software was begun by Sun Microsystems Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.), but > has now gained the help of a number of companies within and without > the small industry that focuses on accessibility for handicapped > people. Among them are IBM, HP-Compaq and Linux proponents Red Hat, > Eazel and TurboLinux. [snip] > "Gnome 2.0 has been completely redesigned; we're building full support > for disabilities into it," said Peter Korn, accessibility manager at > Sun, referring to the GNU project's Gnome platform for home and office > desktop PCs. "It's no longer just a Sun effort. We have gotten lots of > help from the open community." [snip]
