Interestingly, this is what happens when large companies get involved in development for their own purposes.
I believe sun's motivation was to satisfy us government requirements in order to get orders from them.
It also seems that, unlike speakup, very little development, if any, of orca is done by blind people.
I just hope that this can now become a "real" open source project with contributions from people interested in accessibility for the right reasons.
If any doubt remains, look at the accessibility of open office in windows, seemingly because of the use of java, another "sun project.
On 08/02/2010 20:55, James & Nash wrote:
This is absolutely disgraceful. Why is it that accessibility for the Blind and other groups requiring it is the first thing to go when a commercial company acquires another? Hopefully, if Will cannot continue to develop Orca in his own time, another company such as Mozilla will step up to the plate. TC James, Lyn, Nash& Twinny On 8 Feb 2010, at 15:50, Hussein Patwa wrote:Afraid not. And I'd assume it's cost cutting as with everything else on the planet these days. _______________________________________ Have a pleasant day, Kind Regards and Best Wishes, Hussein. Hussein Patwa Tel: 0789 47 595 62 (UK) Tel: +44 (0)122 4433 954 (SIP) Twitter: www.twitter.com/hussein_patwa Skype: patwaspotterfan2 GoogleTalk: thewanderingwriter Web: www.patwanet.co.uk My Blog: http://patwaspotterfan.livejournal.com Find me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=510013486 Please note: For security reasons calls from witheld numbers may not be connected. 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Will Walker has been dropped? Why? TC James, Lyn, Nash& Twinny On 7 Feb 2010, at 19:34, Hussein Patwa wrote:Posted with permission, .. Hi everyone, Recently Oracle has purchased Sun. One of the first things they did was to lay off the Gnome accessibility leader as well as the Orca development leader. Please tweet or blog or post to your myspace or facebook pages. Let Oracle know this kind of total disrespect for accessibility will not be accepted. I am sure that other companies are watching this move to see how the blind community takes it. So, even if you do not now and do not plan to use Linux or the Orca screen reader, please join our cause. Even leaving a comment on blogs with posts on this subject will help. Here are a couple to read for more information: http://bit.ly/oracle-a11yhttp://jkenn337.klangoblog.net/2010/02/06/orca-screen-reader-and-oracle-takeover-of-csun/ There will also be something on my blog as soon as my rage subsides enough to keep it G rated lol. 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