Oracle Drops Sun's Commitment To Accessibility

Posted by kdawson on Monday February 8, 2010 @02:43PM from the don't-need-it-until-you-need-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "What I feared has come true: after buying Sun, Oracle had a look at its accessibility group and made big cuts in it by firing the most important contributors to the Linux accessibility tools. This is a very sad day for disabled people, as it means we do not really have full-time developers any more." The coverage in OSTATIC has a few more details, including the caution: "This just shows that all too few companies are sponsoring a11y work. If one company laying off a couple of developers spells trouble for the project, then there were problems before that happened" (thanks to reader dave c-b for pointing this out).

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Bad taste joke by Cryacin · 2010-02-08 15:10 · Score: 3, Funny

I guess the blind didn't see that one coming!

They should have consulted the Oracle!

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Re:Gnome rivalry by BadAnalogyGuy · 2010-02-08 15:54 · Score: 3, Funny

That explains the hairy feet and ridiculous hats.
Re:*Physically disabled* by kai_hiwatari · 2010-02-08 17:39 · Score: 4, Funny

If you cannot earn from your passion, you tend to shift your passion somewhere.