From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from femail3.sdc1.sfba.home.com ([24.0.95.83]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15G2s4-0006Ju-00 for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2001 14:20:01 -0400 Received: from DavidPoehlman ([65.1.246.44]) by femail3.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20010629181853.QFXW1621.femail3.sdc1.sfba.home.com@DavidPoehlman> for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2001 11:18:53 -0700 Message-ID: <001901c100c8$0b3d23e0$2cf60141@mtgmry1.md.home.com> From: "David Poehlman" To: References: Subject: Re: NICHOLAS PETRELEY: "The Open Source" from InfoWorld.com, Wednesday, June 27, 2001 Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 14:19:31 -0400 Organization: Hands-on Technolog(eye)s MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 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: I agree, it was a poor choice of words. I actually see variety in the way the os can be implemented since it can be directly interacted with more easily than windows can. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" To: Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 12:58 PM Subject: Re: NICHOLAS PETRELEY: "The Open Source" from InfoWorld.com, Wednesday, June 27, 2001 Ah, you see variety in how computer tasks are handled under linux, and no variety under Windows. Not sure that "variant" is the same meaning. On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, David Poehlman wrote: > in other words, we have much more flexibility with linnux in flavours > and in the way it is set up and compiled. windows is well, windows. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" > To: > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 11:49 AM > Subject: Re: NICHOLAS PETRELEY: "The Open Source" from InfoWorld.com, > Wednesday, June 27, 2001 > > > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, David Poehlman wrote: > > > one thing we have going for us is that linnux is variant unlike > windows. > > Huh? What do you mean, "variant?" This sentence makes no sense. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Victor Tsaran" > > > MSAA for Linux is what we need! > > Gag me with a spoon. > > Please don't wish the failings of M$ on us. We don't need any such > thing. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.html Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup