GNU/Linux in the U.S. Government

[jwantz at hpcc2.hpcc.noaa.gov]

Hi,
We are talking about government computers running Linux.  Therefore, 
they should be compliant.  There is nothing inherently non-compliant 
about Linux, just X

      Jim Wantz
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Alex Snow wrote:

> I didn't know that operating systems had to be 508 compatible.  I thought
> that that was only for government stuff.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 11:17 AM
> Subject: Re: GNU/Linux in the U.S. Government
> 
> 
> > Hey, Jim:
> >
> > Very interesting. Any chance  of accessing via gnome which should have
> > something for us soon.
> >
> > I would imagine a lot of what people there want to see is graphical--but
> > that has to be driven by numbers underneath--lots of numbers. Could you
> > get at those numbers if necessary? Is this an open interface within NOAA,
> > at least, so that you might just map, or have someone map, another front
> > end over the app via ncurses?
> >
> > Put this differently, is your job at stake over this?
> >
> > I ask, in part, because I'm helping to organize an event on June 18 over
> > at NSF about 508 opportunities for the open source community.
> >
> >  On Mon, 18
> > Mar 2002 jwantz at hpcc2.hpcc.noaa.gov wrote:
> >
> > > Hey Janina,
> > > The National Weather Service's entire Advanced Weather Information
> > > Processing System (AWIPS) is soon going to be entirely running on Linux.
> > >  One of the fastest super computers in the world run by the Forecast
> > > Systems Laboratory runs on Linux.  However, AWIPS is inaccessible
> > > because just about all of the applications run under XWINDOWS.
> > >
> > >       Jim
> > > On Tue, 12
> > > Mar 2002, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > >
> > > > Just when you thought that U.S. Government might be a registered
> trademark
> > > > of Microsoft Corporation (TM), here comes a U.S. Government web site
> > > > running Debian and Apache. Guess what? It's about disability, and
> > > > opportunities for persons with disabilities in the U.S. Check it out
> at:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.disabilitydirect.gov
> > > >
> > > > What would you like to see on this site that isn't there? What
> programs
> > > > and services would you like the U.S. Government to consider that
> involve
> > > > open source and organizations of persons with disabilities? Let me
> know.
> > > > I'll pass your ideas along.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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> > --
> >
> > Janina Sajka, Director
> > Technology Research and Development
> > Governmental Relations Group
> > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> >
> > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
> >
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