From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cpe-24-221-98-238.az.sprintbbd.net ([24.221.98.238] helo=lnx3.holmesgrown.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18qNEQ-0003ix-00 for ; Tue, 04 Mar 2003 19:58:02 -0500 Received: from steve by lnx3.holmesgrown.com with local (Exim 4.10) id 18qNDy-0000NY-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 04 Mar 2003 17:57:34 -0700 Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 17:57:34 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: Speakup List Subject: Re: Bookshare & O'reilly books make an aggreement Message-ID: <20030305005731.GA1433@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mail-Followup-To: Speakup List References: <15973.9831.784267.223462@akp@eznet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <15973.9831.784267.223462@akp@eznet.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 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: This sounds exciting in a way because I dumpped the safari service I used to have last year when they went with that goddamn java crap and I told them why I was dropping out. The problem here though, Isn't bookshare proprietary? and aren't they windows-only? if yes to the above questions, then it's just another thing that forces a blind person to buy in to over $800 worth of software and maybe even buy winblows just so he/she could use this service. -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html