----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicole B. Torcolini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Future upgrades.
Perhaps MS did not require you to buy windows 95 before buying xp
because everything that is in 95 is in xp. I'm guessing that this is not
so with the bn. Of course, it only makes things harder that the programs
and operating system of the bn are treated as one as opposed to be treated
separately. And, one more thought. We must remember that a major factor
that drives the way things are sold and priced is the price of
manufacturing them. Perhaps it is easier for HumanWare to make enough
money to stay afloat by selling the upgrades for the operating system and
programs together.
Nicole
----- Original Message -----
From: "Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 10:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Future upgrades.
Hello Don:
Please don't hide under a parapet, <smile>!! Come on out and be part of
the ROUND TABLE discussion.
There are some interesting thought contained in your post. Perhaps it is
JUST ME: I think it is PRICE GOUCHING when Humanware FORCES ME to TAKE
ON TWO UPGRADES when all I need is one. For example, I want to UPGRADE
TO VERSION 7.0 or whatever the latest Keysoft thingy is that would work
on my BrailleNote Classic. To get to Version7.0, I MUST FORCIBLY
PURCHASE the Version 6.0. This, in my opinion, is a RIP OFF. And I
think the ONLY REASON why Humanware CAN GET AWAY with it is because no
company in the assistive technology HAS EVER BEEN SLAPPED with a real
lawsuit that has GONE THROUGH THE COURTS. Wish I have the clout--I'd
like to PULL TH FIRST STRING on that one! Microsoft, despite the fact
that it is HARDLY EVER LIKED by many, never FORCED ME to buy Windows 95
before upgrading to Windows XP, but if it had been an assistive
technology company like Humanware, I will still be running DOS as I might
not be able to COME UP with the UGE SUM required to purchase all the
upgrades.
Having add-ons for each country can be a tough call; you should realise,
Don, that the United States HAS THE LARGEST MARKET for assistive
technology deployment; everybody WANTS TO SELL HERE, <grin>!! We
Americans have INSATIABLE APPETITES for the best and the greatest, and
always want to be able to STAY IN LINE with our sighted counterparts.
Hence the need for us to CLAMOUR for BETTER AND GREATER ACCESSIBILITY
from time to time. We pay 6,000 plus Dollars, ad we OUGHT TO DRIVE OUR
TOY to death gaiing access to what MAKES US STAY GAINFULLY EMPLOYED and
on the SAME PAGE as our sghted peers.
Regarding Bookshare and RFB&D books and their access using the
BrailleNote product family, it is much easier for us here in the United
States to GET PERMISSION to reproduce PRINTED MATERIALS in ALTERNATE
ACCESSIBLE FORMATS. In fact, our copyright laws PERMITS AND ALLOWS us to
do this. Copyright laws vary from country to country, and, since MOST
COUNTRIES DO NOT HAVE SPECIFIC LAWS ON DISABILITY RIGHTS, there is
ABSOLUTELY NO WAY agreements regarding access to PRINTED MATERIALS in
those other countries can be easily negotiated. This, I paucit, is the
reason why both Bookshare and RFB&D LIMIT ACCESS RIGHTS to the MATERIALS
the produce to ONLY U.S. CITIZENS! In this regard, neither corporation
can be faulted!! It might be nice if blind folks in other countries
could articulate what kind of upgrades they'd like to see in the
BrailleNote or VoiceNote.
As for me, I'd like the ability t INSTALL THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE overtly
proprietary stuff MAKES ME SICK!! Assistive technology companies ARE
NOTORIOUS for NEVER TRYING TO GET OFF the proprietary trail. It is, I
feel, their way of MAKING SURE THAT THE "MILKING OF THE COW" REMAINS
THEIR EXCLUSIVE preserve.
Sincerely,
Olusegun
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