From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from goliath.sylaba.poznan.pl ([195.216.104.3] ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16XpgU-00045w-00 for ; Mon, 04 Feb 2002 15:25:50 -0500 Received: by goliath.sylaba.poznan.pl (8.11.6/8.10.1) id g14KPl422682 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca.KAV; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 21:25:47 +0100 (CET) Received: from Cybertsar (ppp23.sylaba.poznan.pl [195.216.104.123]) by goliath.sylaba.poznan.pl (8.11.6/8.10.1) with SMTP id g14KPkG22674 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 21:25:46 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <000801c1adba$1c47e2c0$0100a8c0@Cybertsar> From: "Victor Tsaran" To: References: Subject: Re: Speech vendors shout for standards.html Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 20:42:39 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Frank, I would agree with you if I didn't know basic principals of capitalism. Let's be realistic! Vic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Carmickle" To: Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 7:25 PM Subject: Re: Speech vendors shout for standards.html > On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, David Poehlman wrote: > > > It's about a war among players in industry and how much money they can > > make by capturing market share. It's hard to justify free in that > > context. > > Well we will see about that. I think that in the end freesoftware will > reign supreme in market share, accessibility, features, and stability. I > believe that this will happen through hardware vendors that ship boxes > with accessible Gnu/Linux systems. People will figure out that money can > be made from free software. Support costs can go down and stability can > improve. This lowers cost for all involved. > > So Dave when are you going to start using the Gnu/Linux system? > > -- > Frank Carmickle > phone: 412 761-9568 > email: frankiec@dryrose.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >