Don't worry. He won't include it. Now, i think I will cancil that news
letter.
tom Rash
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: November 16, 1999 9:13 AM
Subject: Opportunists are Lerking
> A warning too all of you.
>
> I think I have become famous, now that my comments have appeared in the
> WyfiWyg so-called news letter.
>
> Several weeks ago, I posted some comments here expressing my concerns
> that HJ was not taking the necessary steps to prevent loss of quality as
> they brought out new releases. In those remarks, I said, among other
> things, that quality was a general problem throughout this industry
> (meaning PC software in general), but that a screen reader was more
> important to the blind user than your typical application because it was
> the window through which all other things passed. So, I reasoned, a
> screen reader must exhibit better than normal quality.
>
> My comments were not balanced. They were, in fact, deliberately focused
> on the problem of quality to raise public awareness of quality as a key
> factor in our strategy for success in all our lives. My target audience
> was, not only members of this list, people who are familiar with Jaws and
> it's tremendous capabilities, but the staff of HJ itself. I wished to
> create an atmosphere where excellence was a primary goal for all
> concerned, so that programs and procedures would be put in place to
> insure improvement in this area. I pointed out some ways in which this
> might be accomplished. But, I did not focus heavily on why JFW is the
> best screen reader available, although I clearly do think it is. I
> thought everybody knew that, so it did not bear repeating. My target
> audience was not the general population of uncommitted future screen
> reader users.
>
> Unfortunately for me, peter Duran, an obvious Jaws detractor, was lurking
> on the list. He chose to lift my remarks, without my permission or
> knowledge, and reproduce them in his WyfiRag publication. He framed my
> remarks in a light obviously intended to cast aspersions on the JFW
> product, presumably in favor of his own favorite screen reader. This was
> never my intent, and violates my own wishes.
>
> So, a warning to all of you who like to sound off on various issues from
> time to time. Remember that Peter is lurking, and he and his kind are
> not above appropriating your remarks for their own purposes if it suits
> them. This has caused some political problems for me, a fact Peter
> surely failed to consider, or, perhaps, chose to ignore.
>
> I do not retract anything I said in that posting. I think quality is a
> serious issue. But, I have since learned that important strides in that
> direction are being made at HJ, the benefits of which those of us who use
> the world's most powerful screen reader will definitely enjoy.
>
> For the record, I have tried the competition, and I am convinced that JFW
> is the best screen reader available. With it's terrific grade 2 Braille
> support through which you actually can "Feel What You Get", and it's
> unique and incredibly powerful script language through which you can
> customize the interface to your favorite application for optimal
> efficiency and maximum productivity, JFW is clearly the best choice. No
> other screen reader does all of that. That is why I push as hard as I do
> to make it even better.
>
> Peter, if you would like to quote the above in your next edition, just
> contact me.
>
> Jim Snowbarger
>
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