[indiana-discuss] Linux Journal readers choice

[Glynn Foster]

On 10/06/2009, at 12:13 AM, Calum Benson wrote:

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> On 9 Jun 2009, at 02:41, Glynn Foster wrote:
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>> On 9/06/2009, at 9:49 AM, Dave Miner wrote:
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>>> 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
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>> 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.

If a user can successfully use the package manager and download the  
client of their choice I wonder if the introduction of IPS changes  
those limitations - I'd suspect it does.

Glynn