Second that all the way. Personally myself, I think FS has every right to sue, simply b/c they were the first ones to come up with place markers in the contxt of the internet. GW Micro's blog is full of comments to the effect of "Waaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh! It's not fair! We're the victims!" to which I have one thing to say--stop whining and actually innovate instead of stealing everyone else's ideas then! Let's see--Window-Eyes 7. Oh yeah, scripting--who came up with that first? Oh yeah, place markers--who was first again? Oh and let's see--using Eloquence--um, ... yes, you get the picture. I can assure you all that JAWS 10 will blow you all away, and it will make Window-Eyes 7 look like JAWS 3.7 under Windows XP. Let's not get all worked up over this little tiny story and focus on what really matters. FS is already the leader and they know it, and we all know it as well. that's not the issue, the issue is GW Micro's dishonesty and outright theft of ideas when they should have been really innovative. The real issue is that in the long run we, the end-users, come out ahead. I'm not sure how that will look, but that's the goal. that's how things are designed to work, and that's the way that things will go. So, there's that in context. :)
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I surely don't know the entire story behind this news but I do know that FS and others certainly have to pay licensing fees for the products they use from Microsoft and even the Braille translator in JAWS. This may be something like that or it may not. Remember that the only news we have heard is from GW Micro who, like it or not, is far behind in the screen reading market. I don't say this to trash the product as I think it is agood product written by smart and caring people but the facts are the facts.Karl ____________________ Karl Smith Access Technology Specialist Axis 4304 South El Camino St. Taylorsville, Utah 84119 Phone: 866-824-7885 Fax: 866-824-7885 E-mail: karl@xxxxxxxxxxxx Life is one dumb thing after another....Love is two dumb things after each other. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of john.falter Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:57 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Freedom Suing GW Micro In software and manufacturing, many techniques are patented. GW micro may have to pay for some license.----- Original Message ----- From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <Jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:52 PM Subject: FW: Freedom Suing GW MicroI 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. Absolutely, unbelievable, and what a loss for us all.-----Original Message----- From: gw-news@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gw-news@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:42 PM To: gw-news@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Freedom Suing GW Micro Doug recently posted a very interesting blog entry that you should read: http://www.gwmicro.com/blog/index.php/all/2008/07/24/do_compan ies_really_compete_on_who_has_t Aaron -- 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. Aaron Smith GW Micro Phone: 260/489-3671 Fax: 260/489-2608 WWW: http://www.gwmicro.com FTP: ftp://ftp.gwmicro.com Technical Support & Web Development The gw-news list is an announce only list used for GW Micro news and product information.-- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfwIf you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact thelist owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.comJFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxTo unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfwIf you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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