RE: Freedom Scientific's Lack of Support for Hardware
- From: "Julio C. Perez" <jcperez1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 12:07:44 -0400
Don't forget that agencies purchase equipment based on
recommendations. Recommendations are made in accordance to customer needs,
availability of the product, availability of support for the product and
availability of knowledgeable trainers and user groups like this one. The
fact that GW got slowed down in its development precisely at the time that
the whole business computing world switched to Windows NT, hurt it a lot.
Most of us who made the jump from the wonderful Vocal-Eyes 3 for DOS to the
quirky JFW 3.x and Windows 3.11, didn't do it because we wanted to, we did
it because jobs demanded we do. The earlier development of JFW for
refreshable braille support helped a bit also. For me, the early JAWS
tutorials, which focused on teaching me about Windows rather than spending a
lot of energy in porting over older DOS concepts into a new platform, made
all the difference. Once you've got significant market share, it takes a lot
more effort to change things.
Oh yeah, this discussion is supposed to be about hardware... Hummm,
my experiences with that end of computing aren't much different.
/jp
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Pickrell, Rebecca M.
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 8:55 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Freedom Scientific's Lack of Support for Hardware
No, because I did the same thing. Everything I want, I have to figure = out
how to fund myself.
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 10:40 PM
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Subject: RE: Freedom Scientific's Lack of Support for Hardware
I bought my own hardware and software. I must be a minority, eh?
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On = Behalf
Of Marsha Anderson
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 10:16 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Freedom Scientific's Lack of Support for Hardware
It is really agencies that are buying the products. How many on this = list
or any other blind list bought their own equipment. This is not a
condemnation just an observation.
Marsha Anderson
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