[indiana-discuss] Linux Journal readers choice

[Calum Benson]

On 9 Jun 2009, at 02:41, Glynn Foster wrote:

>
> On 9/06/2009, at 9:49 AM, Dave Miner wrote:
>
>> As the set of packages that are present on the live CD is a  
>> favorite topic of discussion among some of us, I thought I'd pass  
>> along one piece of "data" (quotes because the methodology here is  
>> unclear to me) that might provide some input.  Those of you who  
>> like to harp on the email client choice will certainly find some  
>> fodder within.
>>
>> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10451
>
> Usually it's an online poll - where anyone is welcome to submit.  
> Interesting to see Evolution at so low a %, though probably not  
> surprising given the active work occurring in Thunderbird right now.  
> I think the hard part is trying to figure out what consequences  
> removing the GUI part of Evolution would make ie. which bits rely on  
> e-d-s and what impact would that be to the user interface.

Sun also has somewhat of an obligation to provide an accessible  
desktop by default, which isn't really a consideration in such  
polls... I'm not sure how Thunderbird currently stacks up against  
Evolution on the a11y front, but it certainly used to lag somewhat.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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