Hi folks, Humanware never wanted to release an sdk, never wanted to open the bn up to third party applications. This is, at least, the way it looks as a user. I think that linux does not have the wide commercial support for the very reason you state that it is open. Capitalists don't like anything to be open because then some one else can potentually make money.
I apreciate Humanware, but this tightfisted handeling of development for the bn will probably keep the bn from reaching its full potentual for a long time. On 10/28/07, James Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another problem with Linux is that while there are a lot of applications > that are supported, its accessibility has a long way to go. It is true that > Keysoft would have to be rewritten. I personally feel that they should have > used Windows Mobile, because its accessibility is a lot further along, as it > is based off of the regular windows platform, and there are even more > supported applications. This is the only thing that I liked about the > PAC-Mate. I like the braille note much better because, while there aren't as > many options as I had with the PAC-mate as far as software to use, I like > the hardware design much better and the command structure makes more sense > to me in some ways. > > > James in TN > > > "Trust yourself, Trust no one else. Fuck a hero, be yourself. I don't need > your lousy Handouts, clenched fists, I'll fight my way out." (From the song > "Borne with Nothing, Die with Everything" by Papa Roach.) > > I am who I have become, and damn proud of it! > > Contact me in one of the ways below: > > MSN/Windows Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > AOL Instant Messenger: RippingRage4189 > > Yahoo ID/Ham Radio Callsign: kg4rdf > > Skype ID: Semajd > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Parks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Rob Lambert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 10:43 AM > Subject: re: [Braillenote] Linux vs. Windows CE > > > >I think it is a good idea, but ks would have to be completely rewritten and > >I am not sure that media and documment formats would remain supported, as > >in wma files or ms word files. > > > > Have a great day, > > Alex > > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >>From: Rob Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>To: [email protected] > >>Date sent: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:00:32 -0700 (PDT) > >>Subject: [Braillenote] Linux vs. Windows CE > > > >>I was curious why the BrailleNote runs on Windows CE versus > > running on Linux. We already have KeySoft as a custom interface, and if > > it ran on top of a Linux based architecture, there wouldn't be as much of > > a concern with the SDK that there would be with Windows CE, and also if > > it's running a commercially available form of Linux, you could just > > download third party applications and still have the virus-free security > > that KeySoft has always had. Any thoughts on this? > > > >> __________________________________________________ > >>Do You Yahoo!? > >>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > >>http://mail.yahoo.com > >>___ > >>Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > >>If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > >>copy to the list as well. > > > >>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > >>http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > > > > > > > > ___ > > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > > copy to the list as well. > > > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
