RE: [EOWG] business case slides - minor edit

I just looked at my notes (from the HTML build I'm working on). In August, I
asked Shawn if Steve's photo should be replaced because he had retired.

Given that I was OK with replacing it then, I withdraw my objection now.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn Henry [mailto:shawn@w3.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 1:00 PM
> To: w3c-wai-eo@w3.org
> Subject: Re: [EOWG] business case slides - minor edit
> 
>   Looking at the presentation you'll see:
> * We do not need to replace Steve Jobs' photo -- we have another photo of
> a (relatively) unknown older computer user.
> * The photo was used as an example of the *increasing number of older
> users* (not listing business leaders per se).
> 
> I agree that the coolness factor isn't diminished. However, the point of
the
> slide is that older users are online and even those you think of as cool
are
> getting older. It seems that the fact that he died relatively young
counters
> the whole point of the slide really.
> 
> I'm missing what we gain by leaving that photo in that context -- thinking
> about the *context of the overall presentation and the specific point of
that
> slide*.
> 
> Some people will have an uncomfortable reaction to his picture and mention
> in this context. Is it worth causing such discomfort? (plus, for some it
might
> side track the message of the presentation)
> 
> ~Shawn

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