From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail807.carrierinternetsolutions.com ([69.49.106.17] helo=mail807.megamailservers.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1I2dLB-0007YE-00 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:26:05 -0400 X-Authenticated-User: mvferranti.clearwire.net Received: from [192.168.123.100] (69-44-252-62.mrc.clearwire-dns.net [69.44.252.62]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail807.megamailservers.com (8.13.6.20060614/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l5P1Q0ff009062 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:26:05 -0400 Message-ID: <467EBEE3.7050609@clearwire.net> Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:58:43 +0100 From: Gaijin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Software speech opinions References: <000c01c7b2ab$984096f0$6401a8c0@YOUR3ADE1B78A3><032101c7b681$2837a400$ab00a8c0@tenstac> <467EA927.2030006@clearwire.net> <044601c7b68e$af6f59b0$ab00a8c0@tenstac> In-Reply-To: <044601c7b68e$af6f59b0$ab00a8c0@tenstac> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:26:05 -0000 Doug Sutherland wrote: > There is always someone wanting to make money. What bugs me is > when they are greedy. The price of assistive tech in general is obscene. I can understand that. We're such a small market that it's necessary to charge so much to recoup the expense of making the stuff. It's relativity. For every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction, and someone is gonna starve. That's why I feel like Linux is so special. People freely offer what we now have, without really depriving little Cindy of what's on her dinner plate. Money doesn't even enter the picture. Michael