Cheree Heppe here: In my admittedly limited experience, Linux is considered one of the most responsive, configurable and stable systems and is used by government and private entities when they absolutely, positively have to have secure Internet.
Maybe the question should be: what would we do to cause the innovations we require in note taking and blindness services and devices and not what would we do if our beneficent sighted keepers stopped deciding everything for us? What are the R&D costs, the re-tooling costs? Could a group of blind people pool resources and design ideas, go to manufacturers in China and have a device made? What about a dual boot system? There are tiny, powerful, portable laptops now within normal mortals' price ranges that can be configured for a dual system. Without inspiration and motivation from consumers, products would not be developed and we would still be counting on our fingers, instead of using abacuses or calculators or note takers and computers. We have a right to expect parity with sighted standards, if any of the disability legislation holds meaning whatsoever. Regards, Cheree Heppe ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
