[ale] Using Linux in the not-so-friendly world...

[Justin Haygood]

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They probably do not apply, however you can state that since you do not
wish, and cannot afford to run Microsoft software, that they should
accomodate you.

However, most email systems still have bridges to standards-based
systems. My school's webmail system (webmail.spsu.edu) for instance,
allows access from POP3  and IMAP, even though they highly prefer you to
use Webmail, and doesn't officially support IMAP at all (They have
passing support of POP3, meaning they tell you about it)/

Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> Just a little while ago, I received an e-mail from my school (I attend
> Western International University on-line) and they are moving from a
> standards based system (NNTP, IMAP) to a proprietary web application
> with "new features" (which remains to be seen as how well they will work
> under a non-MSIE browser, since most places do not even consider testing
> with anything but MSIE, and refuse to support other browsers.
> 
> Of course, that is changing with Firefox being a popular Windows
> application, but it makes me wonder, is do accessibility laws cover
> things like web browsers and the like?  If I were a disabled person and
> they somehow ended my ability to read messages, there would likely be an
> action that would get them to change that or revert it back to the old
> system, but the only "disability" that I carry is that I am
> Microsoft-challenged.  (And no, I am not making light of users with
> legitimate disabilities such as blindness.)  Short of the regular
> boycotting routine (which would quite impractical for me at this stage
> in the game), would there be anything that I would be able to do to
> require them to make things work for me, given that I do not care to run
> Windows (or closed-source products, in general)?
> 
> It seems that there would be something, but I cannot think of what it
> might be.  I was forced to use Windows for a couple of days (due to my
> own stupidity and some rather tight deadlines... *shrugs*) and I
> couldn't stand it; I do not like the idea of possibly being required to
> switch back for the remainder of my days in school...
> 
> 	-- Mike
> 
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