I was just getting used to NVDA when I switched to the Mac. I had a little pang of regret, because at the time, I thought NVDA had a lot of promise. I still think it’s a great solution. It’s still installed on my husband’s Windows computer in case I need it, and I have a portable copy to use on friends’ PCs.
Anyway, Thomas, I agree with you. We have power if we get together and use it. Teresa "The Golden Age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete Graham On Nov 16, 2013, at 4:59 PM, Thomas Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Shaun, > > Unfortunately, that is all too common when it comes to corporate > capitalism. It seems the larger and more well known the company in > question the people at the top of the corporate ladder are less and > less likely to care about their customers and only think about money, > money, money. It has always been that way, and it is the very reason > the United States government has had to step in and break up > monopolies, because once a corporation grew to a certain size they > began to abuse their wealth and power by charging high prices for > products and services, ignoring accessibility concerns, whatever. > However, there is always a counter balance that shift things back in > the other direction eventually. > > To pud it this way, you said the corporations see us as ants. That may > be true, but in the wild get enough ants together and they can bring > down an elephant. Individually they might be weak, but as a single > unit the aunts are stronger than any single animal that happens to > step on their ant hill. The corporate markets work in a similar way. > > Here in the USA and around the world Freedom Scientific has > consistently tried to monopolize the access technology market. They > have all kinds of deals going with state agencies, other corporations, > and have cared less and less about their customer base. However, some > of the customers are fighting back by creating a free/low cost screen > reader like NVDA, and everyone who can contribute to NVDA does so. As > a result in the space of five years or so NVDA has taken a huge chunk > of Freedom Scientific's screen reader market a lot of that was due to > their high prices, bad tech support, buggy software, and NVDA has made > a big difference for people like myself who couldn't afford the price > Freedom Scientific were charging for Jaws. Those customers who chose > to drop Jaws for NVDA may have been akin to ants initially, but get a > few thousand or more customers to leave Jaws for NVDA and Freedom > Scientific stands to lose millions of dollars because of their greedy > practices. As I said there are always checks and balances even for the > mightiest corporations. > > Cheers! > > > On 11/15/13, shaun everiss <[email protected]> wrote: >> Well I was talking on the subject of copywrite on another list. >> And I have come to the sad conclusion that the bigger the companies >> get the smaller their customers get and the less they actually care. >> The sharks care about anyting that can pose a threat in the case of >> companies these are others bigger than them or the same sise or >> slightly smaller. >> Nz is a small country which doesn't help but disabled anyone, imagine >> how small we are. >> We do not have the power to fight fish such as those what companies >> are made of. >> And they know we are small so they don't care. >> Even the big companies loose in the ongoing progress wars. >> We are little more than ants and thats the only conclusion I can make >> without swearing on list. >> Its the only thing I can think of. > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
