user 'freedom' (was RE: [thelist] Site check: Staples.com)

Anthony Ettinger apwebdesign at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 21 00:28:24 CDT 2005


> Was there a thought there?  Or, perhaps, some sort
> of counterargument to my
> claims?

Yes, I was disputing this statement:


> > > Unfortunately, that's not even close to true. 

> Until very recently, Linux has "remained
> inaccessible to users with various
> disabilities".  It has an immsense amount (10 years)
> of catchup to do.  Once
> the OS has caught up to the competition, then the
> various apps available for
> Linux have to do the same.  In the meantime, the
> defacto standard will
> continue to advance.

10 years of catchup in MS years is like 2 in open
source years ;-)

It's like counting dog years.

Anthony Ettinger
ph: (408) 656-2473
blog: http://www.chovy.com

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