GNOME accessibility developers concerned about Oracle's commitment [LWN.net]

GNOME accessibility developers concerned about Oracle's commitment

Posted Feb 9, 2010 22:44 UTC (Tue) by Karen.Tillman (guest, #63459)
Parent article: GNOME accessibility developers concerned about Oracle's commitment

Hi Folks - For a bit of perspective - Oracle has a substantial, well-
recognized track record on accessibility, and with Sun, our team becomes even
stronger. We have retained most of Sun's accessibility engineers, and will
continue our significant investment in accessibility across all of our
products. Changes in staffing do not indicate product strategy and
direction. Some food for thought.

Karen Tillman

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GNOME accessibility developers concerned about Oracle's commitment

Posted Feb 9, 2010 23:10 UTC (Tue) by sthibaul (✭ supporter ✭, #54477) [Link] (1 responses)

Err that's rather food for questions, actually.

Will Oracle count the gnome desktop in its range of products?

- If yes, not keeping Willie on the project is an odd decision.

- If no, then your comment is completely irrelevant to this thread and
all the people who are using the gnome desktop and need Orca to do
it...

GNOME accessibility developers concerned about Oracle's commitment

Posted Feb 9, 2010 23:13 UTC (Tue) by sthibaul (✭ supporter ✭, #54477) [Link]

I don't know whether Oracle will count OpenOffice.org in its range of
products either, but the same two consequences do apply.

GNOME accessibility developers concerned about Oracle's commitment

Posted Feb 9, 2010 23:24 UTC (Tue) by eeejay (guest, #63460) [Link]

Karen,

What food for thought have you just provided? That the strategy and
direction of Oracle are unclear?

Sun's investment in GNOME accessibility had a far reaching scope. It
extended beyond their direct product, many end-users benefited from Sun's
work. Cynics like yourself might say that is why Sun failed as a company.

It's great that Oracle provides accessibility for it's products. I am sure
it helps you get lucrative government contracts, we all know there is no
hint of altruism there.

Whatever keeps your shareholders happy.