[bookport] Re: Survey Question--read carefully
- From: "Richard Ring" <ring.richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:34:30 -0500
Ok,
I get your point, Bruce.
And, I think that it would be a fairly small minority that would be
interested in Linux, but they would love it.
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bruce Toews
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 7:46 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Survey Question--read carefully
Okay, let me qualify my statement a little. Of course you're right,
Rich.
But if you ask this list only for the yes-votes, I think it's fair to
say
that it's still a minority of people who would be hugely infavor of it,
most would be indifferent. But the percentage probably goes up when you
poll the blind computer-using community in general. So what I'm saying
is
that if you're using this question to gauge what percentage of blind
people would be interested in Linux software for the BP, you're going to
get a considerably lower percentage than if you asked blind computer
users
in general and it's impossible to know with any certainty what the
percentage difference would be.
Bruce
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On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, Rich Ring wrote:
> Bruce and list:
> Many individuals who happen to use Windows also happen to use Linux.
I can name a number of individuals who use Linux boxes and also have
Windows systems.
> I do agree that there will be people on this list who will not know
what Linux is, but I am quite confident that quite a few of the savvy
users will.
> I am in favor of a Linux version of the transfer tool. I play with
idea of setting up a Linux systen, but I haven't gotten there yet.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Bruce Toews"<water_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
> Sent: 7/13/05 6:21:14 PM
> To: "bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"<bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Survey Question--read carefully
>
> Given that Linux, by definition, is a different operating system, yes,
> you'd have to change your operating system to acomodate the change. I
> think asking existing users if they'd like to see this is a bit
> misrepresentative, since BP's current dependence on Windows means that
> anyone who already has one has access to Windows.
>
> Bruce
>
>
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