Re: [us-marketing] Re: Marketing Plan

On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 17:05 -0400, drew wrote:

> On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 15:51 -0400, planas wrote:
> > On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 15:19 -0400, Marc Paré wrote:
> >
> > > Le 2011-05-14 14:11, planas a écrit :
> > >
> > > > An idea I have is to approach state or local governments about using
> > > > FOSS when possible, not just LO but LO would be part of the package. The
> > > > idea based on the maturity of some of the major Linux distros for the
> > > > average user to use effectively. In Georgia the collapse of the real
> > > > estate bubble has hit hard state wide and very hard in some the
> > > > metropolitan regions.
> > > >
> > > > Jay Lozier
> > > > jslozier@gmail.com
> > >
> > > Something to keep in mind is that some government levels require that 
> > > "accessibility" issues be addressed with software. I don't believe 
> > > LibreOffice has covered all of these yet sufficiently enough for some of 
> > > these levels.
> > >
> > > Marc
> >
> > Are accessibility issues normally addressed by the OS? I know Ubuntu and
> > derivatives (I believe other Linux distros) have the ability for the
> > user to start accessibility features on login. It would certainly be
> > easier to have the OS handle than for a mishmash of application
> > "solutions".
>
> Yes and no - the OS, or third party tools, run external to the
> application, but the application can do things that either help or
> hinder the successful use of those tools.
>
> In the case of LibreOffice Linux is rather good support, Windows not
> quite so. But that said, I'm a bit behind on actually understanding
> where the application is right now with regard to A11y issues.


I think I understand, the design of the application may cause problems
with the tools but the tools are not part of the application. And this
may be an OS specific problem.
-- 
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com



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