Paying for skipped versions of jaws; was "the virtual ribbon"
- From: "Marquette, Ed" <Ed.Marquette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 09:37:08 -0500
Before we indict JAWS for predation against the blind, we probably should step
back a little. Freedom Scientific's practice of requiring all interim versions
to be brought up to date is not uncommon at all in vertical markets. Oracle
does essentially the same thing. So long as the customer has a "maintenance
agreement" in effect, the customer gets upgrades for free -- plus technical
support.
Once the maintenance agreement lapses, to get the current version, there is a
"catch-up" payment required. In fact, that's pretty much standard in vertical
market software.
I'm using the term "vertical market software" to mean something other than
off-the-shelf shrink-wrap-licensed software like Microsoft Office.
Even Microsoft Office has a vertical market type model for enterprise customers.
So, I think the real argument is not whether Freedom Scientific is preying on
the blind, as one might be led to believe, but rather whether the vertical
market model or the off-the-shelf model for software licensing is more
appropriate.
I'm not trying to defend anyone; just trying to be fair to all.
As long as you
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Karen Hughes
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 8:52 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: the virtual ribbon
cy I agree with you and believe the blind are being penalized big time. I
ask myself, would a seeing person put up with this. why could you not just
purchase the current version. why do you have to pay for older versions you
did not even want or need. Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cy Selfridge" <cyselfridge@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 8:28 AM
Subject: RE: the virtual ribbon
> It is funny that FS handles Open Book updates differently.
> Regardless of how many versions you are behind the cost is, I believe,
> only
> $150 to get current.
> Several years ago I had to bring my JAWS up to date and I think it was
> something like $500.
> What a bunch of nonsense.
> Cy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Karen Hughes
> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 6:15 AM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: the virtual ribbon
>
> i too did not update so thought i would not have to pay for something i
> did
> not use. found out different when charged four hundred and fifty dollars.
> i
> had to pay for the new update plus the ones i did not use. buyer beware.
> who
>
> said life was fair. karen
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dawn Thullen" <gdandet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 11:18 PM
> Subject: Re: the virtual ribbon
>
>
>>I strongly urge you to buy the SMA if at all possible. I skipped a
>>version
>
>>and the cost was ridiculous. Don't forget, the more versions you skip,
>>the
>
>>more money it costs. As freedomscientific told me "just because you
>>didn't
>
>>upgrade, didn't mean that technology didn't move on."
>>
>> Dawn
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Farfar Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 5:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: the virtual ribbon
>>
>>
>>> Alan,
>>>
>>> You'll likely wait until you're in a pine box if you hope to get the
>>> bugs
>>> out. Cynically speaking (as I'm always reluctant to do) each new version
>>> will have new bugs and some old bugs remaining, ad infinitum .
>>>
>>> And in case you're not aware, failure to renew an SMA before a major
>>> version
>>> comes out will cost you a whole heck of a lot more money. I'll let other
>>> chime in on their experience. My advice is to purchase the SMA for 12
>>> and
>
>>> 13
>>> and wait for 13. I skipped version 10, for example, as it made me ill.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>> Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio
>>> Recording and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Alan Dicey" <adicey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 14:20
>>> Subject: the virtual ribbon
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Kenny,
>>> Thanks very much for that kind offer, but I only have JAWS 11.
>>>
>>> I suppose I need to look at getting JAWS 12, but since I do not have any
>>> more SMA's, and I am hoping they will get all the bugs out of that
>>> version
>>> before I purchase it, well I will wait a bit more!
>>> Besides, I understand that the "virtual ribbon" is not a total "fix",
>>> it
>>> only helps out a bit, is that correct?
>>>
>>> Wow, I have been using the JAWS Menu bars since 1999, with JAWS 3.3!
>>>
>>> And although I feel I am making a little progress getting the hang of
>>> it,
>
>>> I
>>> see it will be a slow learning curb!
>>> A completely different thing!
>>>
>>> Thanks again!
>>>
>>> With Best Regards,
>>> Alan
>>> Miami, Florida
>>> Alan Dicey, President
>>> United States Braille Chess Association - USBCA
>>> "Yes, Blind and Visually Impaired People, Can, and Do, Play Chess!"
>>> United States Braille Chess Association Home Page:
>>> http://AmericanBlindChess.org
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Kenny Peyatt" <p.wildcat1234@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 3:51 PM
>>> Subject: the virtual ribbon
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi allan The virtual ribbon is a jaws 12 feature. To turn it on in jaws
>>>> 12
>>>> You go to the setttings center. If you like I can connect to your
>>>> computer
>>>> through jaws tandom and activate the feature for you.
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