Re: Once nice thing about Freedom Scientific
- From: Alex Midence <alex.midence@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:50:03 -0500
Wel, I don't. I do not wish to be offensive but, I must disagree in
the strongest possible way to this romanticized sort of warm fuzziness
people seem to think FS has for us. What they do is just good
business. It has nothing whatsoever to do with niceness. Also, don't
equate good business with evil, though. It's just how the game is
played. Most companies out there will let you download a trial copy
of their software either as a full-fledged version or with an
expiration date that makes it stop working altogether after a time or,
as a demo version that is crippled somehow, as in, makes you reboot
your system after 40 minutes? It's bait, people. It's so you get to
try out all the features of their software and then, when you just
can't stand it anymore, you open the old wallet and cough it up for
them. Please, please, do not think that it is done out of the kindess
of their hearts or out of any philanthropic motives. Honestly, the
closest I've seen to a company that does something "nice" for folks
is Serotek though, even they have a disabled copy of their software
which they make available to the public. If you want the full
version, you have to cough it up although, in all fairness, it's way
way cheaper than FS or GWmicro's prices. They still charge something
because they are in business and "one must eat, after all" as the
saying goes.
If you want philanthropic, look at Orca or NVDA. Having said that,
there is one truly nice, valuable and awesome thing Freedom Scientific
has done with Jaws 11 and up. The inclusion of the FS Reader for free
added considerable value to their product. More so, in my opinion,
than that research it option or all the bug fixes from Jaws 10.
Having access to Daisy books through a commercially-produced daisy
player is a big deal and now, we don't have to pay the 70 bucks extra
for it that we used to have. It's still a good business deal though
and not a philanthropic move on their part. It gives them an edge
which is the name of the game. I thought it was rather clever.
Alex M
On 9/11/10, DonnaMiller&LeaderDogCarman <dmiller64@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There are still people who think demos are just part of the deal. I agree
> with Chris and appreciate Freedom Scientific.
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> Remember, cars aren't the only things recalled by their maker!
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> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of chris hallsworth
> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 12:55 PM
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> Subject: Re: Once nie thing about Freedom Scientific
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> Absolutely not. I am just making a comment.
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> From Chris H in Derbyshire
>
> On 10/09/2010 14:29, Alex Midence wrote:
>> I don't get it. Is this a joke? This is old news. Very old.
>> Thought everyone knew this already. Gwmicro does the same thing and
>> so does satgo. I feel clueless.
>>
>> Alex M
>>
>>
>> On 9/10/10, chris hallsworth<christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hello all.
>>> No, I am not here to bash. I just want to comment on one very nice thing
>>> that Freedom Scientific does.
>>> They encourage absolutely anyone to download the latest JAWS version, or
>>> even earlier JAWS versions if your computer will not work with the
>>> latest for some reason. You simply download the full package and install
>>> it. Without a license it will just run in 40 minute demonstration mode.
>>> The same is true if anyone wants to try MAGic or OpenBook.
>>> There you go. Comment finished.
>>>
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