hello jeff,

regarding your recent message:

Hi Dan,

The [log in to unmask] email address is for QUESTIONS related to
accessibility of Microsoft products.  If you don't have any questions
for
us, please don't use this alias.

Jeff Witt
Microsoft Corporation

i didn't send anything, but, as one in the computer biz it shouldn't
take to much to figure out why it got to you.   i do have some
questions and i'm glad i now know where they can be answered.

1.  how many project managers at microsoft are dragging their foot on
access?  it is being said that this is the case because they don't
want their efforts diverted into areas for which they have no concern.

2. will microsoft permit access to win 98 and future code for adaptive
software development at a very early stage?

3.  will microsoft swear on a stack of windows nt manuals that they
will not try doing their own speech and push the little guys out of
the market.   recent articles quoting microsoft folk saying ms wants
speech in and speech out as a part of operating systems have appeared.

4. will microsoft persist in trying to break java universality?
universal java code can run under windows just fine, and on any other
system if it is truly universal.

5. don't you think java is one logical out for ms from the access
qwagmire it fell into for lack of foresight?

6. will the most broadly used databases and spreadsheets continue to
be speech hostile?  if so, for how many years?

7.  in staff and budget, how do access efforts compare with the
explorer development team, not to mention any of the office folk?

8.  is it true that office xx products could not use the microsoft
logo if access were a part of the definition?   does ms not make it
mandatory for other companies for this reason?

9. isn't the ms access project best compared to gradually adding user
convenience features to office products and not a core project with the
same urgency as explorer development?
10.   why isn't a microsoft mailing list the perfect venue where
disability advocacy issues can be discussed?  why limit input from your
customers to a once a year or so summit when broad input could be a
day to day source of user input, the true experts in this area?

regards,

dan