[oats-sig] UIA accessibility framework to be available on Linux

Microsoft and Novell announce plans for Microsoft UIA to be available
on Linux, along with a bridging technology to existing the Linux Open
a11y standard (which is managed by the Open a11y, group www.a11y.org).

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/nov07/11-07MSNovell1YearPR.mspx

Some of the details are hazy, is it application or AT side or both,
will it require Mono (.NET for Linux) and has the requirement for a
managed solution be finally gone. How does an Open Source solution sit
with a pledge not to enforce patents?

This move does indicate that Microsoft are taking Linux accessibility seriously.

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Steve Lee
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Jambu - Alternative Access to Computers
www.fullmeasure.co.uk