Red Hat Enterprise 6.2

[Tony Baechler]

Yes, Speakup wasn't officially in 2.6.32 kernels, but it could still be 
compiled as modules.  Debian Squeeze ships it, but they don't use a Red Hat 
kernel.  Even now, they can still make the argument that Speakup isn't 
"official" because it's in staging which is considered unofficial. 
Regardless, there are other ways of accessing RHEL such as ssh and there is 
still no excuse why they can't comply with the ADA and make RHEL accessible 
for certification.  Also, there is yasr and Gnome Terminal with Orca, so 
even without Speakup, there is still no excuse.  That still doesn't address 
the graphical part of the requirement or the ability or lack thereof to use 
the VM.

On 3/29/2013 6:18 AM, John G. Heim wrote:
> I ttalked to someone here at the University of Wisconsin who manages Red Hat
> servers. The UW has a site license for Red Hat. I don't know anything about
> it because my department uses debian (lucky for me).
>
> Anyway, he said the reason RH still doesn't give you speakup is that their
> current release still uses a 2.6.32 kernel and speakup wsn't included in the
> official kernel source until 2.6.37 -- which is correct, I believe.
>
> In a way, I can understand where RH is coming from but, holy cow, they are
> making it impossible for blind people to get certification from them. That's
> outrageous! I mean, I hate to use this cliche but this is an outrage.
> Personally, I don't give a flying fig about Red Hat because my department
> uses debian. But even so, I find this unconcionable. Somebody ought to sue
> their ass.