call to arms

[Ed Lawson]

On Mon, 5 Dec 2005 14:16:41 -0500
Jeff Kinz <jkinz at kinz.org> wrote:


> One additional point:
> 
> Since Open Source is much more inclined to add features WITHOUT
> requiring a "corporate giants" style economic justification its
quite
> possible that the access ability issue can be one place
(feature set)
> where FOSS can be completely superior to proprietary products.

> 
> This makes FOSS accessibility a major strategic advantage for
FOSS and 


Seems to me the issue now is for FOSS to somehow develop
accessibility features that currently exist in proprietary
software.  While Gnome has done some good work in this area, the
reality is FOSS simply is not anywhere near where it needs to be
just to be roughly equal to proprietary software.

For now, most FOSS is at a great disadvantage in this area and is
not a viable option. Long way to go before it can be seen as
competitive let alone having an advantage.

Ed Lawson