What did I say about the Aaron smith fan club?
This is the kind of abusive nonsense I'm getting from Mr Smith's
fans, sent to me directly. The poster obviously hasn't even bothered
to read my messages, but don't let that stop a good tiraide .
Mr Smith, would you kindly call off your guard dogs?
Thank you, Matthew
At 20:04 22/08/2014, you wrote:
If you knew Aaron, you would know that he is an honest very hard working
helpful person and who is not the names you have called him. You need to
get out of your damn ego and realize that these people are doing business
not running a charity. How could they possible support an operating system
that will gradually become more and more full and problems that hackers and
other cause and that no one is developing fixes for. How would GW know what
was causing a problem without protections and controls being developed for
the system.
People can continue using XP at their own risk, just like someone who has to
drive an old car withou8t the modern safety features. You need to stop
thinking the world is out to specifically cause you problems. I'm very poor
myself, but that isn't GW Micro's problem. If you want charity, go talk to
your local Lions Club.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: MJ Williams [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 6:48 AM
To: gw Micro Product Discussion Listserv
Subject: RE: xp support for next version of window-eyes
What an extraordinary thing to say. If sighs and other non-descript
noises are the standard response to a technical query then the GW
staff are in the wrong business. Certainly, I would not take very
kindly if I were treated with oohs and uhs. My goodness, I suggest,
Mr Aaron, you think very carefully if you haven't spent too long in your
job.
How sentimental, how impudent.
rote:
>We have no immediate plans to pull Windows XP support from
>Window-Eyes, but we're also not going out of our way to make sure
>that Window-Eyes will continue to run under Windows XP. In addition,
>we do little to no testing with Windows XP, we will not be
>addressing bugs that are specific to Windows XP, and if you contact
>our support department with questions specific to XP, you'll
>probably get a lot of "Uhhhh...."
>
>That being said, Window-Eyes will continue to function under Windows
>XP for as long as the development environment we use to create
>Window-Eyes creates binaries that will run under Windows XP. Once
>that stops being the case, then our support for Windows XP will cease.
>
>While we appreciate the financial burden that upgrading an operating
>system can cost, there are (what most would consider) potentially
>affordable solutions. Microsoft themselves offers brand new laptops
>as low as $250 (for example,
>http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productID.288729000/pgm
.94341000).
>If cost is the deciding factor determining your ability to upgrade,
>consider contacting your local League for the Blind or comparable
>charity organization to find out what kinds of assistance programs
>they have or are aware of.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Aaron
>
>--
>Aaron Smith
>Web Development * App Development * Product Support Specialist
>GW Micro, Inc. * 725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825
>260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com
>
>To insure that you receive proper support, please include all past
>correspondence (where applicable), and any relevant information
>pertinent to your situation when submitting a problem report to the GW
>Micro Technical Support Team.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Karyn Campbell [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 8:57 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: RE: xp support for next version of window-eyes
> >
> > If you had read my posts on this subject you would have read that each
> > person knows their own financial situation and should plan with the
> > information at their disposal.
> >
> > Enough said.
> >
> > Karyn Campbell, [email protected]
> > Check out my blog at packerbackerkaryn.blogspot.com
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MJ Williams [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 10:59 PM
> > To: gw Micro Product Discussion Listserv
> > Subject: RE: xp support for next version of window-eyes
> >
> > "Anyone, in my opinion, who is running XP should upgrade at their first
> > opportunity for the reason I specified above."
> >
> > Ms Campbell,
> > As one of the more enthusiastic advocates of dropping XP in favour of a
> > more up-to-date operating system, would you be prepared to personally
> > sponsour a list member unable to afford the cost of necessary hardware
and
> > software upgrades in order that they put your suggestions into
> practice? As
> > you say, running XP is fraught with risks from hackers and crackers. So,
it
> > would be a very public-spirited gesture from you to enable at
> least one of us
> > mere mortals to make the move over to Windows Seven or later. I dare
say
> > GW Info is richly endowed with self-styled internet security experts,
> > software analysts and engineers. I'm sure if they were to donate a
dollar
> > each time they gave us the benefit of their insight into the
> subject, soon we
> > would be able to help a dozen or more ignorant bumkins who are
unwittingly
> > throwing the future of GW, Ai Squared and the civilised world into
question
> > by using out-of-date versions of Windows.
> >
> > Sincerely, MJ Williams
> > At 03:33 22/08/2014, you wrote:
> > >While I am not a GW Micro/AI Squared Indiana staff member, I strongly
> > >believe that XP will not be supported in the next release. As you
> > >rightly point out, Microsoft is no longer supporting it which means you
> > >don't get security updates thus making your system vulnerable to
> > >viruses
> > and hacking.
> > >
> > >Anyone, in my opinion, who is running XP should upgrade at their first
> > >opportunity for the reason I specified above. Keep in mind that VISTA
> > >will be in the same position come October and I have that on very good
> > authority.
> > >
> > >Thankfully I don't have to worry about this issue any longer as my work
> > >machine was upgraded this past July. I love not having to deal with
> > >the XP issues any longer; and this also means not having to worry about
> > >needing to run an older version of WE because the next version very
> > >likely won't work under XP.
> > >
> > >Happy upgrading.
> > >
> > >Karyn Campbell, Illinois USA, [email protected] Using WE 8.4 on
> > >Toshiba laptop running Windows 7 home premium 32-bit with Office 2007
> > >and IE 10 as well as Acer netbook running Windows 7 home premium
> > >64-bit with Office 2007 and IE 10 and Microsoft security Essentials on
> > >both machines.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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