RE: EITAAC - Families Subcommittee

[Chuck Letourneau <cpl@starlingweb.com>]

Bill, 

I am reasonably happy to say that I am no longer a systems integrator.  I
got out of that business over two years ago when my ulcer-to-solution ratio
got seriously out of balance.  I merely remember what it was like.  I also
remember that most of the really successful integration technologists were
already severely overworked, under-appreciated and under-paid and would
truly hate to take time away from their clients, even if they would applaud
the idea of a system that might eventually make their lives easier.  

However, the biggest obstacle I can see to such a procedure is that by the
time the first data is compiled, the systems and components that people or
departments are buying will have changed.  I somehow doubt that even
Section 508 could make an agency purchase "version one" simply because "our
experts" had tested and approved it but didn't have the time or resources
to test "version three" which is what the vendor is now supporting.

I don't think the object of section 508 is to freeze technology advancement
to some "accessible" benchmark.  Such a scheme might be perceived that way.

Regards,
Chuck

At 19/10/98 04:40 PM , you wrote:
>Chuck
>
>The Rdskins will win and we will still be strugging with "junk". However,
>we are not on our own 10 yard line, but probably 20 yards from a touchdown.
> This is the moment to strike.  As a systems integrator, you may be in the
>best position to judge whether folks like you and others could form a group
>to contract directly with the government to purchase the pieces which go
>into systems which meet the government's guidlines resulting from EITAAC
>and the Access Board.
>
>Bill Paul
> 
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