call to arms

[Greg Rundlett]

On 11/30/05, Rich Braun <richb at pioneer.ci.net> wrote:

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> To me it's an open-and-shut case.  The government should not be perpetuating
> Microsoft's closed-format agenda.  There should somehow be funding to create
> new open-source code for handicapped people.

>From what I hear, the major (corporate) backers of OpenDocument are
united in their determination to close this singular gap in an
otherwise unassailable comparision.  OpenOffice and other open source
products _will_ be more equipped with assistive technologies in the
not-distant future.