Wow, it only took like 15 emails on the subject, but finally the voice of
reason has made itself known.
Ken, I completely agree. Now is the time to pressure them into actually
not abandoning it.
Take care,
Sina
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From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Perry
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 1:10 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Credible rumor that deserves serious consideration, IMHO
If this is true then it's not time to tell people to stay away. It's time
to get people to get active and start emailing and
calling them till they do support it. If we stay away we lose what
accessibility was there.
Ken
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Storm Dragon
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 11:09 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Credible rumor that deserves serious consideration, IMHO
Hi,
I would not doubt it for one second. They dropped the ball on Linux
accessibility pretty much first thing when they took over Sun.
It's probably a good idea, if you have influence over software decisions,
to encourage companies, clients, and friends to stay far
far away from Oracle and their software. I was even going to get rid of
Open Office but fortunately the version used in Ubuntu is a
fork so not subject to them. unless, that is, they somehow manage to win
their evil attack on Google. If that happens, who knows who
they will attack next. Keep your fingers crossed, and maybe the open
source community will keep the Bridge going, Orca is still
alive and well after all.
Storm
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On Sat, 2010-10-09 at 08:15 +0530, prateek aggarwal wrote:
oh know,
i wish its just a rumor.
if its ever going to be true, i'll be so said.
regards,
prateek agarwal.
On 10/9/10, Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I heard from a good source today that Oracle has decided to discontinue
support for the Java Access Bridge (and no alternative is planned). I
would be glad to be convinced otherwise. If anyone has information
regarding this topic, please share.
Jamal
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