Hi, The best example that people are seeing now would be Android, which is based on Linux kernel (slightly modified to take advantage of modern embedded systems).
Cheers, Joseph From: Josh Kennedy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:13 AM To: Joseph Lee Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Braillenote] introduction just because something is open source does not mean you will no longer make money from it. for proof of this read this website everybody! Linux myths <http://www.linfo.org/linux_myths.html> and reality: the top 12 Josh Kennedy [email protected] On Sep 8, 2010, at 12:57 PM, Joseph Lee wrote: Hi, That's a possibility, given that enough developers work on it. If KeySoft is released as GPL, I expect users of other PDA's to want companies to release their software in open-source form - HIMS interface under Braille Sense, screen readers and, in the end, operating systems themselves. Cheers, Joseph -----Original Message----- From: Josh Kennedy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 9:49 AM To: Joseph Lee Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Braillenote] introduction lets gets keysoft and keynote multimedia running on modern windows modern linux and maybe modern 64bit mac systems. and lets get humanware to listen to us for once. why pay $6000 for a braillenote when I could get a cheap netbook for $280 and run Linux with Keysoft on that netbook? keysoft for Linux will use keynote multimedia for Linux and use brltty for multilingual braille on braille displays. the perfect or nearly perfect audio desktop for blind folks and even elderly folks who don't require that much. Keysoft for 64bit windows and linux and keynote would have a spreadsheet app, web browser with firefox running underneath and be released under the gnu public license like nvda screen reader and knoppix-adriane espeak and vinux. Josh Kennedy [email protected] On Sep 8, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Joseph Lee wrote: Hi, I'm not that interested in KeySoft for Windows 95, although I regard it as a historical software. My main focus at this point is advocating for SDK under current systems. I personally believe in third-party apps strategy - to foster creativity among users and programmers, as well as hacking KeySoft under embedded systems to bring out its potentials. Personally, if keySoft is ported to modern OS's, I'd say there would be mixed reactions to it. Some folks who were used to KeySoft would appreciate this announcement, while others might criticize it mostly because more advanced features can be found with other programs. From programmers' perspective, the biggest issues that might rise up are memory usage, algorithms being used and optimization under modern CPU's - which are now 64-bit. Tell you what: I'll ask the Blind Programming list to see what the programmers think, asking them to contact you off list with the email address you've provided. Cheers, Joseph -----Original Message----- From: Josh Kennedy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 9:32 AM To: Joseph Lee Subject: Re: [Braillenote] introduction I start capella university in the fall of this year. October 11th. Are you interested in keysoft for windows95? also can I decompile the very old keysoft for windows95 and keynote multimedia back to c++ or assembly so maybe volunteers could make them for Windows7 mac and Ubuntu linux and make them even better then call them something else and release them under the gnu general public license? Josh Kennedy [email protected] On Sep 8, 2010, at 12:15 PM, Joseph Lee wrote: Hi, Long time no see. Do you still intend to produce programs for it? P.S. How's your online CS classes going? Cheers, Joseph -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Kennedy Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 6:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Braillenote] introduction Hello I'd like to introduce myself here quick. First I subscribed in digest mode. I'm 28 years old. My wife and I are both blind. We are both humanware customers through voc rehab who baught us braillenotes eight years ago. My wife baught a used voicenote. But I got mine through voc rehab. I since sold it to someone else but we still have my wife's broken voicenote upstairs. We don't have the money to get it fixed. I myself am a collector and user of old unsupported outdated software. I use this software by running windows3.1 through windows98 inside vmware player in Windows and in Vinux with the Orca screen reader and on Mac. I strongly believe that old systems and old software can still be useful to people such as windows95 and windows98 software as you'll see if you decide to subscribe to my podcast. Old systems like windows98 and windows95 can benefit less fortunate people who don't have $4000 or so to spend on a braillenote. I believe it is very important to keep the old software alive through the use of virtual machines or vmware. Just like my grandparents still enjoy old 1950s music, so I still enjoy and see benefits for windows95 and even windows3.1. I believe that we need to keep the old stuff alive and not just throw it away once it is replaced by the latest and greatest stuff. Keysoft and keynote for windows95 are great products and so is the old infovox230. Through my podcast I intend to show people that this software can still be alive and well and that it works great on modern computers. Josh Kennedy [email protected] ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. 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