Now this I can laugh at, because true support will be there just about the time the next op comes out. hahahahah
At 04:21 PM 9/1/2011, you wrote:
>and get left in the dust as the real/business world uses microsoft.Yeah. -everyone- uses Microsoft, Linux/OSX has no place in the business world at all. I think it worth mentioning that the whitehouse uses open source software, generally ran on Linux. I'm aware our government is rather self deluded, but working for the government is part of the real world. Google uses Python for a lot of stuff, and many many big corporations still use the LAMP stack for one reason or another.Anyway, on to another point. I really don't see us not having access to Windows 8. Everyone was scared out of their minds when Seven came out, and granted it did take a while, but we eventually got screenreader support for it. WE've never exactly been on-the-ball in terms of being able to play with the newest and greatest technologies right away, but I am kind of confused where everyone gets off on freaking out about not having access to the next upcoming operating system. We did it for XP, we did it for Vista, Seven and now Eight. Just give it time, jaws 21.5321284 will come out, requiring you to buy an SMA to upgrade, and you'll sort of have support. Two SMAs later and on to jaws 25.3212311, we'll pretty much have full access.On 9/1/2011 2:14 PM, Bryan Schulz wrote:and get left in the dust as the real/business world uses microsoft. Bryan Schulz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodney Haynie" <rhaynie@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 2:17 PM Subject: RE: Windows 8 Blog... for the rest of our lives? Nah, we'll just all move to Linux and Mac worlds. (smile) -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Katherine Moss Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 1:29 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Windows 8 Blog Thanks! I just subscribed! I'm going to certainly be keeping up with this one. I cannot wait to own Windows 8, but I think that slow-on-the-uptake screen reader manufacturers could potentially be a hindrance for all of us in this community. I mean, JAWS 12's reign could end quite abruptly if they refuse to adapt the later versions to not use Mirror drivers anymore if Microsoft takes them away. And then if that is the case and screen readers do not keep up with latest and greatest technology (and even nowadays, this is a problem right now in my opinion), where will we go? Will we be stuck with our current configurations for the rest of our lives? -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rasmussen, Lloyd Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 12:05 PM To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List; program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Windows 8 Blog I find the blog concerning the development and planned features of Windows 8 to be interesting reading. Of course, it's Microsoft propaganda. New entries are posted every couple of days. Screen reader users and developers will have a lot to get used to (including a ribbon interface for Windows Explorer). I think that this RSS link should work: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/rss.aspx Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Library of Congress 202-707-0535 http://www.loc.gov/nls The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of Congress, NLS. __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind__________View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind-- Take care, Ty my website: http://tds-solutions.net my blog: http://tds-solutions.net/blog skype: st8amnd127 My programs don't have bugs; they're randomly added features! __________View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind
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