Re: [Nautilus-list] Re: The Future of Nautilus

[Dave Bordoley <bordoley msu edu>]

An added bonus is that keynav in gnome2 is really nice, thanks to all
the accessibility work. :)

may release....time is relative right ?

dave

On Thu, 2002-04-18 at 14:11, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> 
> Mark Finlay <linuxexpert eircom net> writes: 
> > Anyone know if GNOME 2 is still on course for the May release date?
> >
> 
> Hmm, hard one. ;-)
>  
> > > I'm not sure that's accurate. There are many more crucial points (for
> > > example, the millions of dollars and thousands of hours spent on
> > > accessibility mean that GNOME 2 will be acceptable for US government
> > > use, which is absolutely essential for the ongoing success of
> > > UNIX/Linux desktops).
> > 
> > damn. didn't know that. Does that mean that the US government will
> > definitely use gnome2?
> 
> No, I don't know about that. It just means we'll be eligible and in
> the running.
> 
> Basically you go in to sell to the US government and they will ask
> "are you section 508 compliant" and if you say no they will not listen
> to you further. Section 508 is the law that requires accessibility
> features. i.e. you must have accessibility to get in the door.
> 
> At that point you have to compete on the other merits.
> 
> I'm told that many European countries have similar rules.
> 
> Havoc
> 
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