Software speech opinions

[John Heim]

Well, I'm not sure of exactly what I said that you disagree with. Maybe you 
can clarify that? I think you're reading more into my comments then was 
actually there.


From: "Scott Berry" <sberry at northlc.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: Software speech opinions


> Right John,
>
> I agree but have to disagree too.  I have started helping for the first 
> time
> a site that I run software for my router off of.  It is called 
> www.xwrt.org
> they make a web interface for Wrt project which can be found at
> http://www.openwrt.org.  But working for instance with a wiki is a bit of 
> a
> trick.  That seems to be about how 90% (percent) of the open source docs 
> are
> kept.  Now as for speakup, I do not use Speakup I do all admin chores
> remotely through a Windows computer which works fine for me.  So as for
> Speakup I don't use it but like to keep current on it.   I don't know how 
> to
> program in Linux at all.  I don't expect Kirk to do everything either but 
> it
> is very good to voice.  That might just be how the Speakup gets changed at
> some point.  I myself would like to see Speakup in the kernel and user 
> space
> we would have the best of both world.
>
> TTFN,
>
> Scott
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 1:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Software speech opinions
>
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Albert E. Sten-Clanton" <albert.e.sten_clanton at verizon.net>
>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 12:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: Software speech opinions
>>
>>
>>>> I would ask people spouting off in this thread to ask themselves what
>>>> *they*
>>>> have contributed. It seems to me that a lot of people are making
>>>> suggestions
>>>> for what other people should do or sell.
>>>>
>>>> Say the best thing to do is to move speakup into user space. How is 
>>>> that
>>>> going to get done? I guess we're all going to volunteer Kirk to do it.
>>>> Eh?
>>>
>>> You seem to be saying that the mere users should keep their traps shut
>>
>> I never said anything of the sort.
>>
>>>.  In real life, a good majority of the people who use computers will 
>>>know
>>>little or nothing about how to fix the problems that arise.  Do you 
>>>really
>>>propose that these people, such as my wife, have no business complaining
>>>or
>>>suggesting because they're not ultranerds?
>>
>> Well, sort of, yeah. Pointing out problems is one thing. Complaining is
>> another. And telling other people what they should do to solve your
>> problems
>> is yet another thing entirely.
>>
>> But anyway, my main point was to suggest that people ask themselves what
>> they've contributed to the open source community. Even if you're not a
>> coder, you can write documentation, maintain a web site, etc.
>>
>>
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