FreeLists / ossrp-control / [ossrp-control] Re: So, where do you want the project to go?

["Travis Roth" <travis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Windows XP SP2 has the .Net framework by default most of the time.
So basing the program on >Net for the new OS's is not a problem.


**  Travis Roth
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-----Original Message-----
From: ossrp-control-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ossrp-control-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Juan Hernandez
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 10:31 PM
To: ossrp-control@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ossrp-control] Re: So, where do you want the project to go?


.net framework should be installed on more and more computers as time =
goes=20
buy.  newer applications, that either get upgraded to a .net language, =
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get written in a .net language from bottum up require the framework, so =
this

idea of a portable screen reader is exciting, and hopefully very =
possible in

the near future.



----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Will Pearson" <will-pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ossrp-control@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 7:12 AM
Subject: [ossrp-control] Re: So, where do you want the project to go?


> Hey Tony and Rick,
>
> That sounds like a great idea.  I did know, from talking to Mike at
> Freedom
> Box last year, that they were working on their USB Freedom Key, or at=20
> least
> that's what I think it was called.
>
> I think this would solve one important issue for those in some types=20
> of employment or voluntary work, or just for personal use, and that's=20
> mobility. Gone are the days of just sitting at one deskand using the=20
> same computer. Whilst this is still reality for quite a few people,=20
> some offices are using
> techniques such as hot desking, and people out on the road may need to =
use

> a
> computer wherever they can find one.
>
> If we go down the route of using .Net based languages, which seems the
> most
> sensible option at the moment, then the computers will need to have =
the=20
> .Net
> Framework installed, but this is a simple download from Windows =
Update.
>
> I think this is something that should definately be seriously=20
> considered,
> as
> it fits in more with how people actually live.
>
> Will
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tony Broome" <tb777@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ossrp-control@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 12:20 AM
> Subject: [ossrp-control] Re: So, where do you want the project to go?
>
>
>> Now, you're talkin, Rick.  That's what we are doing in effect now,=20
>> with the FreedomBox PassKey, a credit card sized cd which is dropped=20
>> into any cd rom drive of a windows-based pc.  You have all of=20
>> FreedomBox and the internet including instant messaging with you on=20
>> the go, where ever you are.  This same concept not only could work=20
>> with a screen reading solution for Long Horn, but, as Microsoft has=20
>> promised to improve the auto run problem which is now being=20
>> experienced with some USB devices, one could actually use a USB=20
>> plug-in type device for this universal access dream come true. A=20
>> small disclaimer here:  These thoghts on FreedomBox are not to try=20
>> and sell anything.  They are only presented here for the=20
>> enlightenment and enrichment of information for the blind and=20
>> disabled world.
>>
>> --
>> Email services by FreedomBox.  Surf the Net at the sound of your =
voice.
>> www.freedombox.info
>>
>>
>
>
>
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