This absolutely does not belong on my list and further such bashing will not be tolerated at all. The product is what it is and we have all decided to use it in our daily living. The guide lines clearly state that there will be no bashing of Freedom Scientific on here at all. If this door is left open even once then the list will turn in to nothing more than a place for people to moan and complain. Honestly I won't manage such a list at all and neither will the other moderators. If anybody wants to create their own list dedicated to bashing Freedom Scientific then feel free to do so, but it will not happen on here I can promise you.
This list is going to be a positive place for people to learn and share ideas, and that's the way it's going to be. If anybody doesn't like the rules I've written then get off of here because you're not welcome. David Ferrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "JardataMailServicesBox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 11:11 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] JAWS and VISTA Gripe for the day: You know, I am pretty sick and tired of companies such as Freedom Scientific, who don't keep up with the times or don't be ready when changes come to technology. I recently downloaded Power DVD and some other software under XP and they all are sending me plug-ins or fixes for Vista without cost. I hwead a podcast from FS and they were saying they will be Vista compatible soon, but it will cost us JAWS users to get the vista ready version of jaws. I have JAWS Pro and it is more costly than the normal jaws version. I am not sure how it works, but I think JAWS and Windoweyes and any other screen reader programs should be upgraded by the sellers regardless of the version at no cost to the users or purchasers of the product--as we didn't change the OS, microsoft did, and that is who should foot the bill for the change. I have heard the complaining by Freedom Scientific and other accessability vendors that it cost so much to make or create these products and they must recover their cost and I don't buy their arguments--as every vender must do the same and they don't pass the cost on to its users. Why should accessibility venders be any different. They decide to go into the market and should be willing to pay the cost of keeping up. Also, with JAWS, I can't stand the thing about SMA (or that thing about paying in advance for upgrades). My thinking is that I should pay for the version I want--that is, if I have version 51, but don't want to upgrade until version 8, I should be able to do that and only pay a one-time upgrade fee, say $100 or $200 for the upgrade and nothing else. No one else I know does such a thing as they do. I use to own Roxio Easy Media Creator 9 came out recently, I didn't have to pay for theones in between. The same thing with Power DVD. I have heard the reasons for the practice, but it does not seem right. I know I won't change the practice, but it needs to be stopped. Finally, with the vista version, I heard FS people say that, in order to get it, current JAWS 7 or lower users will have to buy version 8 and a two-year service maintenance agree (or upgrade fee) to get it, but they won't zap us with an upgrade charge--real big of them. For example, I have version 71, but in order to get 8, I'd have to pay almost $600 for everyting. I could just save my money and buy a full new copy of the program. Thanks very much for listening tome and I hope I haven't violated the list rules by complaining. James Robinson --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list%40googlegroups.com/ In order to contact the management team simply fill out the following form found at: http://www.jaws-users.com/contact.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JAWS Users List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jaws-users-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
