From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 12-226-55-73.client.attbi.com ([12.226.55.73]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16Xnnl-0008Bl-00 for ; Mon, 04 Feb 2002 13:25:13 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by 12-226-55-73.client.attbi.com (8.10.2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id g14IPDt05189 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 18:25:14 GMT Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 13:25:13 -0500 (EST) From: Frank Carmickle X-Sender: frankiec@12-226-55-73.client.attbi.com To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Speech vendors shout for standards.html In-Reply-To: <003a01c1ada5$3c5d96a0$2d8c3244@cp286066a> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 X-Reply-To: frankiec@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: 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