NICHOLAS PETRELEY: "The Open Source" from InfoWorld.com, Wednesday, June 27, 2001

[David Poehlman]

ah, but try accessing an app that just doesn't cut it with a windows
screen reader.  In linnux, you can actually fix much more of this than
you can in windows.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Nowak" <romualt at megsinet.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: NICHOLAS PETRELEY: "The Open Source" from InfoWorld.com,
Wednesday, June 27, 2001


I'm a big fan of Linux.
However, I consider using shortcut keys and
keyboard clicking mouse buttons far easier
then typing commands--even
with the tab and arrow keys.
Greg


On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 02:19:31PM -0400, David Poehlman wrote:
> I agree, it was a poor choice of words.  I actually see variety in the
> way the os can be implemented since it can be directly interacted with
> more easily than windows can.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 12:58 PM
> Subject: Re: NICHOLAS PETRELEY: "The Open Source" from InfoWorld.com,
> Wednesday, June 27, 2001
>
>
> Ah, you see variety in how computer tasks are handled under linux, and
> no
> variety under Windows. Not sure that "variant" is the same meaning.
>
> On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, David Poehlman wrote:
>
> > in other words, we have much more flexibility with linnux in
flavours
> > and in the way it is set up and compiled.  windows is well, windows.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 11:49 AM
> > Subject: Re: NICHOLAS PETRELEY: "The Open Source" from
InfoWorld.com,
> > Wednesday, June 27, 2001
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, David Poehlman wrote:
> >
> > > one thing we have going for us is that linnux is variant unlike
> > windows.
> >
> > Huh? What do you mean, "variant?" This sentence makes no sense.
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Victor Tsaran" <tsar at sylaba.poznan.pl>
> >
> > > MSAA for Linux is what we need!
> >
> > Gag me with a spoon.
> >
> > Please don't wish the failings of M$ on us. We don't need any such
> > thing.
> >
> >
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