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

Microsoft and Novell announce plans for Microsoft UIA to be available

Peter Korn fills in a few details from the Sun perspective and answers
one of my questions:

http://blogs.sun.com/korn/entry/microsoft_novell_announcing_work_in

Yeah to interoperability.

Steve

On 09/11/2007, Steve Lee <steve at fullmeasure.co.uk> wrote:
> 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
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