FreedomBox

[Sean McMahon]

Part of the problem is they aren't marketing this to the linux user in terms
that a linux user understands.  They aren't respecting or understanding our
culture.  When I first heard of freedombox, it was touted as like aol for blind
users.  So if they want to grab us, they'll have to be more like or at le3ast
have the option to be more like, linux.We like flexability and our privacy, that
was the concern from the user who wouldn't pay for freedombox.  It has nothing
to do with inferior product,  it's the personality of the product.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cheryl Homiak" <chomiak at charter.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: FreedomBox


> I'm jumping in on this thread so I'm not sure what ocasioned the statement
> that "freedombox is no better than freedom scientific". If you are doing
> a comparison of freedombox vs. jaws, in my opinion, you are comparing
> oranges to apples in the first place; since I haven't used JAWS, I can't
> comment any further in this area. However, I will say that there are
> numerrous websites that I can't access or can't fully use with any tool I
> have in linux that work quite well for me using freedombox. So--better
> than freedom scientific? That's not a comparison I am able to talk about.
> But a useful tool: yes indeed, at least for my purposes. If you are
> looking for one tool to do everything you want done, that replaces
> everything else and removes all obstacles, I don't think it exists at this
> point. Part of the skill of being a linux user--and maybe even a
> linux/Windows user--is knowing what tool to employ under what
> circumstances. I do know that if i suddenly couldn't use freedombox any
> more as of tomorrow there would be several sites that would be completely
> unmanageable for me and several others that could be managed by other
> methods but which much greater difficulty. I guess what I'm trying to say
> is that, depending on your needs, a choice of tools that work for you may
> be more "which one when" rather than "either/or" or "better/worse".
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> -- 
> Cheryl
>
> "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
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