I am interested in comments on the following post I received from
> the BLIND-L list. Do people think Doug Wakefield is right on when
> he says that the White House did something right? Or are we
> looking at a form of elitism? What I mean by that is this: should
> we be constrained, when accessing the White House data, to using
> our own computers or should we begin pushing for equal access to
> the public information kiosks that will doubtless proliferate.
> Truthfully, I do not know the answer to the question. I am still
> struggling with this. In any event, here is Doug's post.
Hi Curtis,
I think we are talking about two different issues here,
1. access to a WWW server, and 2. access
to public information kiosks. Ultimately, we
are going to need access to the kiosks, but the other part is important and
necessary. It is easier, but a way to raise awareness
and make the second step possible.
It is only elitism if that is the only kind of
access we would be given, that is from our own computers.
It is to early to know that yet.
We must push, but they did get some cooperation, which is also good.
David Andrews
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