Re: What happened with Firefox 25?

2013-11-03 Thread B. Henry
Of course. The other part of this includes more willingness to back such projects financially, but the other angle to consider is that so many blind people are unemployed now. Even if they become pretty good programmers there's not likely going to be work for them all, and even less

Re: dreams and schemes

2013-11-03 Thread Gabe Vega
hello All: Let me give you a clue from the Employers stand point. 1. we hire Linux Support Techs. who happen to be blind. 2. Coming from a fellow blind person I got to tell you that most blind people say they want to work but really don't know what work is. 3. there is more to Linux and working

Re: What happened with Firefox 25?

2013-11-03 Thread Gabe Vega
one more clue, we are looking for a competent IOS developer. who is blind looking for work. email me directly at gabe.v...@commtechusa.net Thanks Gabe Vega CEO Commtech LLC Web: http://commtechusa.net FaceBook: http://facebook.com/commtechllc Twitter: http://twitter.com/commtechllc Email:

Re: dreams and schemes

2013-11-03 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I don't agree with the generalizations in this message. Sure there are some blind people who don't want to work and want things handed to them, but that's also true for some sighted people as well. Plus, blind people have to face prejudice and discrimination, put up with rejection, may not

Re: dreams and schemes

2013-11-03 Thread Kyle
According to Gabe Vega: snip # Linux Accessability is not viable simply because # people are Wishy Washie, it has nothing to do with money. snip With an attitude like that, it's no wonder at all why you have trouble finding people who want to work for you. YOu have made it crystal clear that you

Re: dreams and schemes

2013-11-03 Thread Doug Smith
Good going, Kyle. I want to work as well. However, come here and try to find some kind of work, even if it's being paid to sneeze into the wind. The person who put on here that we have to put up with a lot of prejudice and rejection. Short of taking control of the world, I see no reasonable

Re: dreams and schemes

2013-11-03 Thread Krishnakant Mane
Hi Doug, I have the same experiences. Infact me and my wife got together due to Free software. I have all my students exclusively use GNU/Linux for all their programming and personal work, they have no problems with it. There are a few states in our country which implement free software as a