Great point. Special interests, especially when it comes to FS
and the threat to JAWS down the road is certainly at the heart of
that. VoiceOver might still be in it's proverbial infancy and they
all might talk the talk about there not being enough Mac users to
count, but don't think for a second that FS, HW or any of the vendors
in the Windows realm are not keeping an eye on things on the Apple
front.
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On Jul 20, 2007, at 8:27 PM, Richie Gardenhire wrote:
With all due respect, Cheryl, in my opinion, FS and other third-
party Windows vendors are fearing the worst; that Apple has found a
niche in that small market and they are aggressively going after
it. I refer to Greg's message about Freedom Scientific's being a
sponsor of NFB's convention, and I honestly believe that, perhaps
they are defending their position as accusing Apple of being "an
enemy of the blind." This is why I fear ACB's resolution
concerning Apple, while well-meaning, had a combative tone that
could do more harm than good, and those of us who use Apple
products should have been consulted before the resolution was put
forth. To that end, I hope that those of us who are Mac users will
work with Apple and not be combative toward them; they are tryi9ng
to make access to information and to their computers a dream for
blind people who want to get out from underneath the agency bonds.
In fact, I convinced one of our counselors in Alaska to purchase a
MacBook for a student; I don't know how the Alaska Center for the
Blind is going to react, but more and more requests will be
forthcoming from graduating students from the school districts
throughout our state, and if they don't address that need, they
will lose students, as well as money they would get via fees for
services. I have warned them the whole time I was there. Richie
Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska.
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