[JAWSLite] Re: FW: Freedom Suing GW Micro

Well, if things are always supposed to be warm and fuzzy and we can't have 
any views other than cheers and applause for everything, then I'd say it's 
very one-sided. I don't for a minute consider what I said to be bashing.

Why is it that as blind consumers, we think we have to swallow and like 
everything adaptive technology companies do? Why is it that we are in a 
culture where we have to act like everything is always great and always will 
be? In general, why do we tend to praise products even when we know they 
wouldn't fly in a sighted market? I'm not saying Jaws is one of those, it 
isn't. But in the blindness world, that is a tendency I have seen. Always be 
grateful for anything, and be beholden to the companies who charge the big 
bucks. Never say a bad word or express a disagreeing view. Companies 
sometimes are out of line in all walks of life. If this list is so 
close-minded, then so be it. I'm not going to wave the FS flag on this one.

I respect your position as moderator, so am leaving the list. I try to be an 
informed consumer, and being informed means knowing the good and the bad.

Take care all, and thanks to everyone for the tips and help over the years. 
I hope I have been able to help others on occasion as well.

Jean

  "An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how 
much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and 
what you don't. It's knowing where to go to find out what you need to know; 
and it's knowing how to use the information you get."
--William Feather


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Harmon" <rharmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 5:37 PM
Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: FW: Freedom Suing GW Micro


Gene,

Whether or not we like FS isn't relevent on this list.  No bashing of
companies will be tolerated here.

Rick Harmon
List Owner

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jean Menzies" <jemenzies@xxxxxxx>
To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 5:50 PM
Subject: [JAWSLite] Re: FW: Freedom Suing GW Micro


> Well, I don't think this should be off topic at all. It will impact us as
> Jaws users no matter how it ends. Too often we sit with our heads in the
> perverbial sand, and this is information we all should know in order to
> make
> informed decisions about a company we may choose or not choose to do
> business with in the future based on actions it takes.
>
> I find the actions of FS very distasteful in this matter based on the very
> little information I have. However, if my stating this means I should then
> leave this list, I will. I don't like this kind of behaviour, and I doubt
> if
> FS will ever see a penny of mine again for this and other reasons.
>
> Disgustedly,
>
> Jean
>
>  "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of
> thinking we were at when we created them."
> --Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:56 AM
> Subject: [JAWSLite] FW: Freedom Suing GW Micro
>
>
> I thought the JAWS users would be as interested in this development as
> anyone.
>
> It looks to me like blind users are the obvious losers here, if as is
> claimed, capabilities of a screen reader can be patented so that no
> other products to aid blind users can make use of them. =20
>
> Absolutely, unbelievable, and what a loss for us all.
>
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gw-news@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gw-news@xxxxxxxxxxx]=20
>> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:42 PM
>> To: gw-news@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Freedom Suing GW Micro
>>=20
>> Doug recently posted a very interesting blog entry that you=20
>> should read:
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>> http://www.gwmicro.com/blog/index.php/all/2008/07/24/do_compan
>> ies_really_compete_on_who_has_t
>>=20
>> Aaron
>> --=20
>> To insure that you receive proper support, please include all past
>> correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant information
>> pertinent to your situation when submitting a problem report to the=
> GW
>> Micro Technical Support Team.
>>=20
>> Aaron Smith
>> GW Micro
>> Phone: 260/489-3671
>> Fax: 260/489-2608
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>> The gw-news list is an announce only list used for GW Micro=20
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