what operating system to use?

what operating system to use?

[avi shaby]

hi,
i have some questions for you all :
(send the answers privetly in order not to flud the mailing list , if you want)

1. what operating system is prefered by the blind ? (linux , msdos , win95,
mac    etc..)

2. what is the most developed enviorment for the blind ? under what

   operating system does it operate ?

3. what is the popularity of linux , and should hardware / software developers
 
   work under this operating systrem ?

                                          tnx,
                                                          avi

Re: what operating system to use?

[Travis Siegel]

> 1. what operating system is prefered by the blind ? (linux , msdos , win95,
> mac    etc..)

I think the answer to this one is dos, as linux isn't really main stream
enough to make it usable by a large number of people.

> 2. what is the most developed enviorment for the blind ? under what
>    operating system does it operate ?

I'm not sure what you mean here, but I've found nothing spacifically
developed for the blind.  I just used all dos apps (until I got linux
operating properly) After that, I'm almost entirely linux, with forays
back into dos as needed.

> 3. what is the popularity of linux , and should hardware / software developers
>    work under this operating systrem ?

Personal opinion here.  I think that developers should work under linux,
but I don't think it'll be profitable for them, simply because at first,
there won't be enough people using it to make it worthwhile for them.  I
like linux, and every other blind person I know who has started using it
also liked it, it's just not very accessable, unless you have two
computers, (so you can use one as a terminal) or one of the very few
devices that linux supports directly.  I would have mad the switch 2-3
years ago if I'd known there was support for blind users.  As for
commercial companies supporting things, it doesn't seem like that
developers will, simply because the linux community is used to free.
That's a powerful word, and changing that will take some killer apps to
accomplish it.  That's why I say, developers probably ignore linux,
because it's not profitable enough.  But then again, dos isn't all that
profitable anymore either.
Just my thoughts.



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Re: what operating system to use?

[Ken Perry]

I just want to put my 2 cents in here.  As for the commercial support.  If
you think no commercial companys are supporting linux you better think
again.  Try web searching to the linux documentation project and going
through the list of over 100 commercial companys that are already
supporting linux.  Not to mention the companys that I have personally sold
linux to for development of software.  Now that Linux has passed the Posex
standard test you will see a big growth in commercial developers the
problem was before the Posex standard ok no government company or any one
who wanted to deal with government could use it cause it was not quote
secure enough.  As with the release of 2.0 many companys have started
developing for linux in fact Linux has many of the big boys (i.e SCO SUN
SGI) on the run now that most of there applications can be compiled and
run under linux.

Ken /whistler

On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Travis Siegel wrote:

> 
> > 1. what operating system is prefered by the blind ? (linux , msdos , win95,
> > mac    etc..)
> 
> I think the answer to this one is dos, as linux isn't really main stream
> enough to make it usable by a large number of people.
> 
> > 2. what is the most developed enviorment for the blind ? under what
> >    operating system does it operate ?
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean here, but I've found nothing spacifically
> developed for the blind.  I just used all dos apps (until I got linux
> operating properly) After that, I'm almost entirely linux, with forays
> back into dos as needed.
> 
> > 3. what is the popularity of linux , and should hardware / software developers
> >    work under this operating systrem ?
> 
> Personal opinion here.  I think that developers should work under linux,
> but I don't think it'll be profitable for them, simply because at first,
> there won't be enough people using it to make it worthwhile for them.  I
> like linux, and every other blind person I know who has started using it
> also liked it, it's just not very accessable, unless you have two
> computers, (so you can use one as a terminal) or one of the very few
> devices that linux supports directly.  I would have mad the switch 2-3
> years ago if I'd known there was support for blind users.  As for
> commercial companies supporting things, it doesn't seem like that
> developers will, simply because the linux community is used to free.
> That's a powerful word, and changing that will take some killer apps to
> accomplish it.  That's why I say, developers probably ignore linux,
> because it's not profitable enough.  But then again, dos isn't all that
> profitable anymore either.
> Just my thoughts.
> 
> 
> 
> Http://softcon.com offers web pages for a reasonable rate, and will even
> create pages for you at *very* fair rates.  Check us out today if you're
> looking for a home for your web pages.
> 
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Re: what operating system to use?

[Hans Zoebelein]

On Sun, 6 Oct 1996, avi shaby wrote:

> hi,
> i have some questions for you all :
> (send the answers privetly in order not to flud the mailing list , if you want)
   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

As Avi asked, please use the email to answer this question. 
A general operation system discussion is too far away from the topic of
blinux list.

Thank you. 

Hans