Re: [orca-list] Vinux 1.3 Released!

[Hermann <meinelisten onlinehome de>]

On 23.02.2009 at 23:16:31 "Bob Tinney" <tinneyb charter net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've remained silent on this issue, but I feel compelled to reply to this
> announcement.   I have real problems with a special install of an operating
> system for the blind.  If we, the blind and visually impaired, insist on
> segregating ourselves, that lets all software and system developers and 
> companies off the accessibility hook.  Ubuntu, Solaris, and the Gnome
> project have been working hard to improve accessibility.  Things are not
> perfect, but I can't see how the landscape can be made better by putting a
> fence around ourselves.
And why are there so many Linux distros, if not to serve the needs of
certain people?
And where is the fence around Vinux? I never saw one. Why half a dozen
Ubuntus?
Do students build a fence around themselves when using Edubuntu? No one
asks such questions, so why do we?
Vinux is a regular Linux, that is adjusted to the needs of visually
impaired people, but ther are no "special solutions", e. g. programs
only useful for us (besides Orca of course).
a different story are things like Adriane, which is - at least in my
humble opinion - such a "special solution" that keeps blind and visually
impaird people from exploring the real Linux world.
Hermann