SANCB Request (fwd)

Wed Oct 27 11:53:55 UTC 2004

Hello,
I have phoned them and left a message for them to phone me back.
I am in the same city.
If one take into account that our government has an open-source strategy 
favourable to open-source usage in government,  there might be cases where 
console access is thesollution.
TN3270 emulation is an example.

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Kenny Hitt wrote:

> Hi.  If they are asking about GUI access to Linux, the answ is no.  If
> they wan console access to Linux, the answer is yes.  The fact they
> mention JFW makes me think they mean GUI access.  Is it possible to find
> out more information on exactly what they want to do?
>
>          Kenny
>
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 11:25:41PM +0200, Hans Zoebelein wrote:
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:20:40 +0200
>> From: Anina Immelman <anina at sancb.org.za>
>> To: hzo at gmx.de
>> Subject: SANCB Request
>>
>> Hi Hans,
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm a bit of a dummy when it comes to open source, so please excuse me if I
>> ask stupid questions. Our blind users currently uses Jaws, but we have a
>> serious problem when we try and find work for them because employers do not
>> want to take the risk of splashing out on software for a new disabled
>> employee. If we could use open source software we may be able to help a lot
>> of people. Is there a program out there that can compare to Jaws in terms of
>> stability and features? Where can I find out more? Our support guys are not
>> familiar with open source - what can they do to gain more knowledge in order
>> to support our users, should we decide to go the open source route.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'll really appreciate any help you can give me.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>>
>>
>> Anina Immelman
>>
>> South African National Council for the Blind
>>
>> Department of Fundraising and Information
>>
>> E-mail:  <mailto:anina at sancb.org.za> anina at sancb.org.za
>>
>> Tel: +27 12 346-1171
>>
>> Fax: +27 12 346-4699
>>
>>
>>
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