Hi there, It's working fine here.
Chris On Jan 31, 2011, at 7:56 AM, Brian Miller wrote: > Hi all, > Apologies, but I am just checking to see if my posts are getting to the > list. I posted a few qustions and received no responses, and usually this > group is super responsive, so I'm wondering if my messages aren't going > through. > Thanks, > Brian M > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Moore > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 4:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: 13 reasons why software is not free > > Riccardo, > > It is quite common for types of communities to adopt nicknames or phrases > for themselves that might not seem acceptable outside the community. For > example the black community have adopted the N word, the gay community have > adopted queer or puff in the UK, and over here there are various > descriptions used by the blind community such as blinky (I guess its because > some blind people blink a lot), other words include gozzy, bindy, and total. > I am sure there is a hell of a lot more out there too. > > Chris > > > On 31 Jan 2011, at 09:17, Ricardo Walker wrote: > >> 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-softw >>>> are-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. >> > > > -- > 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. 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