red hat 8.0 and the Speakup Modified

[Charles Crawford]

Congratulations Bill and Janina!  Don't know enough about the modified 
files, but am very happy about Redhat 8.0!

-- Charlie.
At 02:13 PM 9/28/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear Friends:
>
>It now seems all but official. Even the Red Hat Home Page is featuring 
>articles about Red Hat 8.0 which plainly state it
>will be released this coming Monday, September 30. I am delighted to 
>inform you that Speakup and the Speakup keymap are
>included in this release. Sites such as Linux Central are already taking 
>orders, but we suggest you wait to get CD ROMs
>directly from Red Hat for less, unless, of course, you actually want to 
>pay more for those printed manuals. In the long
>standing tradition, iso images will also be available for download from 
>mirror sites worldwide. And, I am hard at work
>writing changes to our web page on the Speakup web site--and editing the 
>HOWTO to reflect this exciting development.
>
>Congratulations to Bill Acker for his patience and perseverance working 
>over the past few years with various staffers
>from Red Hat, on several Red Hat lists, and with us on the Speakup 
>Modified. Bill's the real reason Speakup is now
>officially part of the Red Hat distribution, and there's a README about 
>accessibility support in Red Hat products which
>singles him out. Way to go, Bill!
>
>There is a question, though, for which we want guidance from the community 
>on the Speakup list. Here's the simple
>question:
>
>Should we continue to offer the old, now about to be defunct, Speakup 
>Modified version 7.3? Is there some special reason
>to keep those files around? For a little while? For a longer while? How 
>long? And for what purpose?
>
>The days of the Speakup Modified have come to an end, and we're happy 
>about it. But, if folks here find it useful, Kirk
>would probably not mind those older files hanging around awhile longer.
>
>What do you think? Let us know your thoughts.
>
>
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