Kirk has a point. I have heard Red Hat officials admit privately that their communications isn't always what it should be. Unfortunately, this kind of problem, when it occurs, isn't usually limited to the outside world. In other words, it's usuallyt as much of an issue inside the organization as with people outside the organization. Kirk Reiser writes: > From: Kirk Reiser <kirk at braille.uwo.ca> > > Thomas Ward <slingshooter at valkyrie.net> writes: > > > Hi, there wre several factors why speakup was pulled, but one of the > > factors as I understand it was speakup screwed up the French keymap. > > I also heard people had problems building the kernels from source, and Red > > Hat ended up deciding to pull it. I don't know the entire story on who, > > what, where, and why speakup was pulled, but I heard it was hotly debated. > > One of the things which struck me very funny about this whole > interaction was that although it was hotly debated, they never > actually bothered to write me about it until almost Christmas after > three months. I guess they are all so arrogant they figure everyone > reads their stupid mailing lists. > > Once they did contact me I fixed the problem within a day. Go > figure. So folks would rather bitch than communicate. > > Kirk > > -- > > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > phone: (519) 661-3061 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
