redhat problems

[Janina Sajka]

There's a link called "Contact Red Hat" near the bottom of the Red Hat Home Page at http://www.redhat.com. I'd just start there.

If I may offer a word of advice, ...

I'd keep my statements and questions personal. I think it's very powerful to talk about what Speakup, and having Speakup included in the Red Hat distribution means to
you, personally. It's OK to talk about what you dream about and what you intend to achieve, and how having Speakup inside the Red Hat distribution would help. It's OK
to talk about how not having it there makes things that much more dificult.

Ditto regarding the RCE. 

The reason that the personal approach is so powerful is that it's next to impossible for anyone to disagree with you. On the other hand, if you make assertions about
facts or laws, for example, you make it easier for them to just have a different viewpoint of the facts and the law. Their viewpoint, in other words, is as good as
yours. But, if you say, "this is what it means to me," they can't do that quite so easily.

Nick Gawronski writes:
> From: Nick Gawronski <nick at nickgawronski.com>
> 
> Hi, Should I contact redhat with issues relating to putting speakup in 
> the next version or who should I contact?  Also, Is there an email 
> address for redhat or will I need to use the forms?  bye On Wed, 16 Apr 
> 2003, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 
> > I expect Speakup in the next version, which should be out in about six months. The early beta versions should be out in about two to three months. I expect other,
> > accessibility-related applications will be added as well.
> > 
> > However, I have no special knowledge that this will be the case. This is just my opinion.
> > 
> > Nick Gawronski writes:
> > > From: Nick Gawronski <nick at nickgawronski.com>
> > > 
> > > Hi, do you think that speakup will be in the next version of redhat?  
> > > bye On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Thomas D. Ward wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hi, you must understand the removal of speakup was strictly technical by
> > > > nature. Allot of the people on list are out to get Red Hat for pulling
> > > > speakup when there are technical issues that need and should be resolved.
> > > > One technical issue I agree with Red Hat on is a moduler version of speakup
> > > > as rather than the current way speakup is compiled into the kernel direct.
> > > > If I had the time and patients to do so I would do so myself, but it really
> > > > is a big undertaking to modulerize speakup.
> > > > 
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Nick Gawronski <nick at nickgawronski.com>
> > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 5:25 PM
> > > > Subject: redhat problems
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > >       Hi, We must do something about all of these problems with redhat.
> > > > > Think about it, rh8 had speakup and it was working just fine but look what
> > > > > has happend rh9 is here and we don't have speakup yet the
> > > > > readme-accessibility file is in 9 that says that redhat wants to make
> > > > > their products accessible.  Well, I don't think that they are beeing very
> > > > > nice about this at all.  If they removed speakup they should of removed
> > > > > readme-accessbility as well.  We must contact redhat and find out "why did
> > > > > you remove speakup yet leave readme-accessibility"  That is what we need
> > > > > to do about this.  Who says they have a right to put speakup in one
> > > > > version then take it away.  Think about this because we can make them put
> > > > > it back in to their product.  bye
> > > > >
> > > > >
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> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > 
> > 
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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