Ok, a bit off topic but, why on earth would you refer to your self as a blink? Maybe the word is just new to me not having heard it before the last year but, What does it even suppose to mean? I don't think I would like being called a blink.
JMO Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Jan 30, 2011, at 11:20 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > well, > there is the 3 or 4 US Dollars for an app from the app store, or the $1,000 > US price tag for software that shouldn't cost more than $100 (btw, that over > priced software is called Jaws for windows). I know there are reasons for > developer costs (paychecks, taxes and the like) but to charge such enormous > prices simply because the government pays them is unconscionable! they price > us (the blind) out of the market solely based on "ability to pay". one other > thing I will say about freedom scientific: their business practices are > predatory. > > now, apple has its share of bad items on the list, but accessibility isn't > one of them. Apple realized that everyone (regardless of disability) needs > accommodation. its why those who are like us (blinks) have speech and braille > and why others who cannot read but otherwise can see use the symbology of > images on the desktop (yes, there are folks like this). > > the whole point is this: sure, software is not free, but it doesn't have to > be onerously expensive either. > > -Eric > > On Jan 30, 2011, at 4:14 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> While reading on tuaw recently, I came across a link to a very good article, >> written by a developer, listing the reasons why software is not free. Since >> there is from time to time a lot of discussion regarding the price of >> software, usually involving people decrying the fact that a given app is not >> free or nearly so and somehow feeling that they are being gouged by >> developers, I thought I'd offer this link for folks to check out and think >> about. Remember, this author is not a blindness software developer. >> Everything she says in her article is common sense. But since it is coming >> from a small mainstream developer, not one developing for our small market, >> maybe it will go down easier with those of you who post here and elsewhere >> the view that small developers working for a small market segment are >> somehow out to screw us over. >> http://wildchocolate.tumblr.com/post/2943819131/13-reasons-why-software-is-not-free >> >> Mary >> Mary Otten >> [email protected] >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en.
