Anyone care to read this!

[Sina Bahram]

Janina...i sincerely want to know the answer to this question, not start a
flame war.

But how about USB devices? For example, a new USB keyboard.

Take care,
Sina

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On Behalf Of Janina Sajka
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:16 AM
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Subject: Re: Anyone care to read this!


Oh, I think we can find devices that Windows won't just automatically
recognize. There's no magic going on there--just more drivers being written
by the device manufacturers.

ameer armaly writes:
> I agree.  For instance, someone might just want their system setup  to 
> a general standard, and they'd configure it later if they needed to.  
> Then, they don't have to do all the configuration, but it's left 
> optional. That's one of the things I see in windows; getting under the 
> hood is harder,  but at the same time, I can plug in a new device, let it
install
> and autodetect the driver, and use it.   So I guess it depends on the
> person.  For me, I use linux for tinkering around and for things like 
> playing mp3's on my laptop, which doesn't use as much battery power as 
> windows, but I like jaws's interface to the web better.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Charles Crawford wrote:
> 
> > 	While  I agree with you that it is good to have a handle on stuff 
> > to make your apps more flexible, I don't think it is quite fair to 
> > get down on folks who want say a word processor that works out of 
> > the box.  If they write great stuff that contributes to the welfare 
> > of humankind, then shall we condemn them for using the creative 
> > energy we might use in Linux towards a great goal?  In short, 
> > different strokes for different folks.  We should have both kinds of 
> > operating systems and applications.
> >
> > On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Shaun Oliver wrote:
> >
> > > you're preeching to the converted here.
> > > fact is there's a big market out there for the microsoft way of 
> > > doing things. And, make no mistake that's why microsoft has the 
> > > market share it does.
> > >
> > > The simple fact is $user out there wants things done 
> > > automatically. and that means all hardware has to work out of the 
> > > box and more than likely a technission has to put it all together 
> > > and set it all up for them.
> > >
> > > $user out there just wants to turn the damn thing on and go. They 
> > > don't give a fuck what's under the hood. we do, and we know better 
> > > but unfortunately that's the way of the world.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > -- Charlie Crawford
> >
> >
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				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

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