Hi Dark, Sure. I definitely do not disagree with you. Dolphin's payment plan certainly is more fair. So is GW Micro's. However, as Freedom Scientific is largely funded here in the USA through government run state agencies they really do not have any incentive to change their payment plan or be more competitive because they have government funding.
Someone like GW Micro who doesn't necessarily get a large percentage of sales through government agencies had to find ways to make their product more affordable so they started their lease to own payment plan as well as a traditional SMA payment plan for upgrades. As a result someone on SSI or SSDI is actually better off investing in a GW Micro product because its affordable and the company doesn't expect you to drop $900 at a drop of a hat. Its just not realistic given the fact over 80% of all blind Americans are unemployed and are living in section 508 government housing. Plus ever since I began working with Henter-Joice/Freedom Scientific products they always struck me strictly as a stuffy white collar type of company. It was clear from the beginning Jaws, Job Access With Speech, was intended to be for business professionals and large corperations. There aim or goal was not to target the average home user but schools, government agencies, large businesses, or blind computer users who were gainfully employed in some capacity. It wasn't intended to be for the average home user, but obviously that's what ended up happening because BSVI, BVR, DBS, and other state agencies purchased Jaws, trained their clients, and then could not successfully find them gainful employment Thus resulting in several VI users who have state funded computers with Jaws, Openbook, etc but no decent paying jobs to keep the software up to date. Cheers! On 12/8/11, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi tom. > > I suppose that's reasonable from a busienss perspective, but stil I much > prefer dolphin's system on this. > > no extra upgrades, no pro or standard, you want it, you pay for it! > > In fact the only real deal they have is the ability to pay for the next > version upgrade in advance and get cash off. > > beware the grue! > > dark. --- 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://mail.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].
