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["Travis Roth" <travis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Gordan,

I do not fully understand the commentary about Microsoft.=20
The goal here is to have an access solution for a operating system that =
will
not force the user to spend lots of money on something that they have to
have.
Instead the goal is to provide the same functionality they will need =
(ala
the tools ot use the OS) that a normal person will have by spending the =
same
amount of money.

The idea is low cost, but not necessarily free.
Linux and other operating systems are great and have their place. And =
they
have projects for them as well. But access is stil needed by many for =
the
commercial operating system.


**  Travis Roth
www.TravisRoth.com
travis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Subject: [ossrp-control] Re: So, where do you want the project to go?


Can't we just gather all ideas first and then appoint sub group leaders? =
We
are global after all not just a UK or US group.

I agree the Longhorn screen reader is a pretty good idea but what would=20
be wrong
with a little bit of initial "blue-sky-ing" here and looking at what we=20
want...what we really, really want?

See this article:=20
http://news.com.com/5208-1016-0.html?forumID=3D1&threadID=3D2499&messageI=
D=3D13862
&start=3D-189

It's Microsoft that has boxed us into this situation (them and the=20
reader software people) why should we continue to pander to them?

Installing a new OS and new application software is not that hard these=20
days. Linux, Mac OS X tiger, etc...
There's Mozilla's browser and e-mail and calendar functionality and even =

OpenOffice.

Basically, I'm just confused between the use of "open source" and "build =

it for Longhorn" in this project description.
- would somebody (will?) care to explain that one, please?


thx.
g.

Gordon Montgomery
Information design consultant
http://gmeta.com
512 377 9691 (w)
512 299 3637 (m)