Hi Grant. Your absolutely right. The reason why JAWS got the government agencies was because they sued any state agencies who did not purchase JAWS. In other words, they threatened the agencies to either buy JAWS or be sued and that scared the agencies so much that they began purchasing only JAWS. As a result, many of the earlier windows screen readers, like Slimware Window Bridge, all went out of business.
-----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+skyt=shaw...@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Grant Metcalf via Talk Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 10:42 PM To: David; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Response to Dve about WindowEyes and and the Shark Hi dave, You have many good points with respect to business expenses and compotition. Unfortunately, The Shark got the government involved in purchasing their product and so made it difficult for other screen reader programs to be as well funded as VFO is. I suspect that because the government is so involved with JFW it will be the primary product for VFO dispite our preferences. Grandpa DOS will never purchase the Shark, but if I change, it will probably be to NVDA or perhaps Narrator should I have the money to spend. The other unfortunate thing is that all those who have taxable income will be paying for the Shark anyway. To often big business and government work hand-in-hand. Weep out loud! Grandpa DOS O _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/skyt%40shaw.ca . For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
