Chris you make a lot of assumptions here. First we don't sensor this
list and don't allow only GW cheer leaders to post to it. Second you
have no idea what was involved in going to 32-bit Vista from XP or to
64-bit Vista from 32-bit. Third we make decisions about what to do
based on what we think will help the most number of people because we
don't have resources to do everything. I do believe that 64-bit
became more popular more quickly than we originally believed and most
of this was due to computer manufacturers pushing out to market
quickly probably to simplify there product lines if I had to
guess. Obviously 64-bit will currently do nothing for 99% fof users
reading email, browsing the web, etc so the rush to transition to it
has to have been done for the convenience of computer
manufacturers. This doesn't mean that you and others didn't need it
only that the vast majority of people didn't. Also just for the
record pushing harder because we are getting fat and lazy and don't
have enough to do won't help your cause. We have more than enough to
do and put in many many hours trying to do it so keep that in mind
when approaching us. I truly feel that we work as hard as possible
to solve issues of Windows accessibility given our resources.
At 09:10 PM 7/30/2009, you wrote:
Whoops, got a cheer-leader mad, sorry.
Nope, not a programmer, never said I was, what I meant to say was
that porting from xp to 32 bit vista was easier than porting to 64
bit so that's why gwmicro decided to do the easy code instead of
tackling 64 bit, you know the immediate gratification thing.
But the easy path isn't always the best one because 64 bit is gonna
be a much bigger player than 32 bit vista or windows 7 and we're
seeing that now.
I just looked at what I wrote, and I can maybe see why you might
have gotten that confused,
but taking things in context and what I wrote afterwords, it seems
pretty clear to me what I was saying.
Maybe that's a limitation of the programming mind 'grin'.
But no offense intended, all the cheer-leaders can sit down, and if
it weren't for people like me pushing the envelope, and expecting
the highest for our hard-earned money, these guys would get fat and
lazy and really get behind.
I have to keep up to be competitive in my field of expertise, so I
expect the best tools for the job.
As long as I've got money invested in gwmicro, I have a right to
expect the best, just as my clients I do work for have the right to
expect the best from me and believe me, they do, they keep me on my toes.
So, my email was a compliment to the company in fact,
maybe not a cheer-leader style, because the way it goes on these
lists is that you tote the party line and don't say anything bad and
then appologize when you do ask for something or mention something
that needs to be done, or that should have been done.
I won't do that, I tell it like it is.
I'll do it respectfully, and some times I might pull a chain or be a
little cheeky, but that's just how I am, people that don't like my
posts can hit the delete key 'grin'.
I know this is hard work but if your going to be the best and say
your the best, then deliver the best.
It doesn't matter now, we've got 64 bit.
I just think in retrospect that gwmicro would have served themselves
better if 64 bit had been a priority earlier rather than 32 bit vista.
But yes, I do indeed understand that that would have been the harder
thing to do.
Regards.
At 07:01 PM 7/30/2009, you wrote:
A small task to port a screen reader from 32 bit to 64 bit? Hmmm,
Chris, what programming expertise do you have to warrant such a statement?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Belle" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: Window eyes and 64bit systems
Actually, our guys came through and weren't lagging too far behind
the competition on this one, makes me proud.
We indeed have 64 bit.
I mentioned to the fine folks about some time ago, or some such
when vista 32 had just come out and that was probably the easy code to do.
I said 64 bit was gonna be the big thing, and they were starting
to become more and more on systems even then.
I got spanked for mentioning such a thing 'grin',
because gw were patting themselves on the back for vista 32 release,
but serious attention could and should have been implemented then
because some of us could see which way the pig was running.
And sure enough, 64 bit is taking over now and how nice if we'd
been first because vista 32 isn't that big a deal and I believe in
my heart that 64 bit flavor of vista, and most likely 64 bit
windows 7 will be the winner like xp is.
Vista 32 was a big flop in the industry and everybody knows it.
Hmmm, let's see 4 gig architectural limit, but more over-head for
the os equals less memory for the programs, equals doggy performance.
So atleast now because I don't have a 64 bit version of jaws, if I
want to slap 64 bit sonar on this fine dual core machine and not
cripple it with a 32 bit os, and really get in to high gear, even
with no scripts and such, I might have some chance at access
because all the versions of sonar since version 5 will do 64 bit.
So thanks guys for not making me wait too long 'grin'.
At 05:32 PM 7/30/2009, you wrote:
Hi,
Does WE support 64 bit OS yet? I'm asking because I placed a order on
Monday for a new desktop system from Dell and I just found out that it's a
64 bit system. I really hope it is one because I haven't been around in a
while.
Otis
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