Speakup and ViaVoice.

[Frank Carmickle]

On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Janina Sajka wrote:

> 
> Brian:
> 
> These are very good points in your post. But there is another reason for
> discussing this now, imho. Namely, design decisions made today might want
> to comprehend the addition of a speech device which cannot, by its nature,
> talk from the start. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seemsthis is an issue we
> should air whether or not any software speech is wired in today or some
> unknown tomorrow. future tomorrow day.
> 
> So, to the issues you raise. Let me go backwards ...
> 
> I'mfully in support of open source for numerous reasons I don't think
> necessary to go into here. What I cannot support is the view, held by
> some, that anything not open should be shunned. To me that argument is
> just silly and awfully fundamentalist in a religious sort of way. I

It's not silly!  The problem is trying to make it work when you don't have
the source.  

> suspect very few of us have exclusive GPL systems. I know I don't.

It may never happen but I would sure enjoy life that way!

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