[access-uk] Re: selling a jaws license

  • From: "Iain Lackie" <ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:19:58 +0100

Surely some degree of fall is only to be expected as more players enter on to the field. 




Iain
-----Original Message----- From: Vince Thacker 
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 4:13 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: selling a jaws license

The latest WebAIM survey results on screen reader use do show quite a
dramatic fall in JAWS use in recent times, with more emphasis on less costly
and mobile applications.

http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey4/

You may not have so many choices when it comes to being kitted out by Access
To Work, for example, presumably because they've all heard of JAWS and not
many of the alternatives.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Hill" <barry.hill3@xxxxxxx> 
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 2:06 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: selling a jaws license



I understand that there should be an admin  cost to transfer the licence,
and it is necessary to transfer the licence to give the new owner the proper 
support.  Still, £75 does seem rather expensive to cover such admin costs.
What I do object to is having to update the licence to the current version, 
and I don't believe that Tristren's argument holds water.  What is the
difference between me having an older version and not updating, and me
passing that older version on to another person?  It is just a scam to
squeeze more money out of disabled people.
However, rather than FS's practice making them money, I would argue that it is counter-productive. With such a penalty on selling on licences, how many 
people will do it legitimately?  I imagine that it's very few.  Also,
knowing that FS have a punitive practice is not good advertising.  Is it a
wonder that they are losing their market share?  In a recent survey, they
are down from something like 80% of the market at their height to 52% now.

Jaws is good and I do appreciate the research and development, but do we
need the R&D to be giving us bloatware with bells and whistles, or do we
just need it to just work with current applications?

I would have thought that less irrelevant R&D that seems only there to
justify the cost of upgrades, less punitive practices, and lower prices,
then Jaws might stay market leader for a long time to come.

Right, I'll come down off my soap box now.


Cheers

Barry






-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Jackie Cairns
Sent: 18 June 2012 11:13 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: selling a jaws license

Hi Derek

If you have a copy of a software licence, and remember it's only a licence
of that software, you don't own it, you have to notify the vendor to keep it above board. I'm not in any way against notifying the relevant parties, and ensuring the recipient's name and correct number of keys are accounted for. But I would strongly object to paying £75 for the privilege, in addition to 
having to update to the latest version first, that's just milking it.  But
it's just my take on it, some will agree, and others won't.


Kind Regards,

Jackie Cairns

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Derek Hornby
Sent: 18 June 2012 10:22
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: selling a jaws license

Hi  Jackie
Sorry to ask silly question but why would anyone want to sell ownership of 
a licence for jaws.

I mean,  if say you sold me  your computer, surely that Also means I Get
whatever software you have left on it Such as windows any whatever screen 
reader you had  on it.


Regards,  Derek

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