This is very interesting. I think that If a GUI That is as easy, if not easier, to use than windows, This would be very atractive to Schools. Also the adaptive technology for linux is mostly free. This is good because lets say I was taking a highschool class in HTML. On a windows box, A screen reader is $500+. The school would have to buy it and pay for it and any upgrades. On linux, a simple kernel recompilation and bingo! Talking computer usable by a blind student. And lets face it, there's no "This Program Has performed an elegal operation and will shut down" message in linux. Oh, I wonder If microsoft has copyrighted that message. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deedra Waters" <curi0315@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 7:47 PM Subject: [Newchix] Microsoft Pushing products? maybe more towards Linux? (fwd) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:44:48 -1000 > From: Ralph Miranda <dragonhawk007 at hotmail.com> > To: newchix at linuxchix.org > Subject: [Newchix] Microsoft Pushing products? maybe more towards Linux? > > Get a load of this info... Microsoft in Oregon? talk about heavy handed. > > http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf /html_standard.xsl?/base/all_wire_stories/101386428029222529.xml > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > _______________________________________________ > Newchix mailing list > Newchix at linuxchix.org > http://mailman.linuxchix.org/mailman/listinfo/newchix > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
