I agree, it was a poor choice of words. I actually see variety in the way the os can be implemented since it can be directly interacted with more easily than windows can. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 12:58 PM Subject: Re: NICHOLAS PETRELEY: "The Open Source" from InfoWorld.com, Wednesday, June 27, 2001 Ah, you see variety in how computer tasks are handled under linux, and no variety under Windows. Not sure that "variant" is the same meaning. On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, David Poehlman wrote: > in other words, we have much more flexibility with linnux in flavours > and in the way it is set up and compiled. windows is well, windows. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 11:49 AM > Subject: Re: NICHOLAS PETRELEY: "The Open Source" from InfoWorld.com, > Wednesday, June 27, 2001 > > > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, David Poehlman wrote: > > > one thing we have going for us is that linnux is variant unlike > windows. > > Huh? What do you mean, "variant?" This sentence makes no sense. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Victor Tsaran" <tsar at sylaba.poznan.pl> > > > MSAA for Linux is what we need! > > Gag me with a spoon. > > Please don't wish the failings of M$ on us. We don't need any such > thing. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.html Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
