On Thu, 2010-12-16 at 16:52 -0800, Fernando Herrera wrote: > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Ben Konrath <b...@bagu.org> wrote: > > > The feedback I received was a similar story; the potential > > funders seemed only interested in an applications that would serve > > their users who primarily use Windows. Obviously this will be an issue > > when searching for funding for GNOME a11y projects - especially new > > projects that don't have an established group of users like Caribou. > > What about showing them the benefits of GNOME/Free software? We should > try to get some talking points about what we can offer like: > - It's Free software > - It cost no money > - We have better i18n > - We are have X feature that is lacking in propietary solutions > - We are doing Y better
All of these are strong points. Assistive technology for Microsoft Windows often has an annual subscription fee, and people who need such help often have low-paying jobs or no job at all. On the other hand, it *does* mean ensuring accessible installers and administration tools, and possibly having an organization to help caregivers. Liam -- Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/ Ankh: irc.sorcery.net irc.gnome.org www.advogato.org _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
