As long as I don't use Linux on company time, they leave me alone:). On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, David Poehlman wrote: > but they allow you to be conformant so why not? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Hunt" <wx1g at mediaone.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Cc: "Speakup Distribution List" <speakup at speech.braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 1:42 PM > Subject: Re: blind friendly or people friendly > > > In principal, I agree. However, to many, my employers included, > Microsoft is the industry. > > -Dave > > On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, David Poehlman wrote: > > > I agree. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Charles Hallenbeck" <hallenbeck at valstar.net> > > To: "Speakup Distribution List" <speakup at speech.braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 1:27 PM > > Subject: blind friendly or people friendly > > > > > > All the recent posts about how to configure outlook express to be > > "blind friendly" is a little troubling to me. It seems to me that > > the issue is bigger than that. There are industry standards, and > > there are Microsoft standards, and often the problem comes > > because the two are not the same. One way to resolve the problem > > is for everyone, blind or otherwise, to use outlook express and > > thus use Microsoft standards everywhere. But the world is larger > > than Microsoft, and many of us who use Linux follow the industry > > standard - e.g., plain text for email, iso8859-1 for a standard > > western character set, and the like. > > > > Another way to resolve the problem is for users of outlook > > express, blind or otherwise, to configure their software to > > adhere to industry standards rather than Microsoft standards. I > > think that is very different from being "blind friendly"... It is > > being "people friendly". > > > > Grumpily - Chuck > > > > > > Visit me now at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck > > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (59% of Full) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
