We can't forget the comfort issue here. Many people who rely on technologies also rely less on themselves and treat the words of these "experts" as if these were direct edicts issued from God his very own self.
I really believe that the technology has been permitted to stagnate in part because people aren't willing to try alternatives. This list is a unique place where for the most part, we are all willing to at least attempt to break this hold. On 2009-09-23, at 10:58 PM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > > Makes you realize that lobbying goes a long way to put forth > technologies created by government funded or associative companies to > favor their products. It can also have to do with certain agreements > made between insurance companies and those bulkware providers. Its all > a business at the end of the day, and worse yet, it is a lucrative one > in poor countries whether for political or contract attaining reasons. > > I've never attended a show on accessibility technologies but if > someone gives me this load of crap, i won't go away without some > verbiage in favor of alternative solutions to all these obsolete > feeling accessories like those i found at the royal institute for the > blind. It felt like a museum doing a garage sale. > > Best > > Yuma > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
