Just to clarify my previous post, I am not attempting to give gnu/linux a bad spin, I simply consider myself to be a realist, and not a dreamer about what some unknown future holds. Greg > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Steve Holmes <steve at holmesgrown.com >To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca >Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 08:08:39 -0700 >Subject: Re: which program in Linux? >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: RIPEMD160 >To throw in another voice here, Karen asked two different questions. >The one about the text chat with Airmedia might be more easily >addressable with IRC clients and such. Have to find out what protocols >are supported over there. The "Our place" project at ACB Radio uses >Ivocalize which is a proprietary technology for which no linux >implementation was done. This is where Greg's comments come to light. >If the formats and protocols are kept secret and proprietary, then the >only way one could use it in linux is if the developers develop a Linux >version or share the specs so such a product could be built. Janina and >Greg's comments don't really conflict each other but see different >prospectives. One is the current reality that if a proprietary >technology is developed for windows only, then linux users can't use it. >If it were open and published, then Janina's remarks would apply in that >a compatible client could be developed for Linux. Of course, you >mentioned Skype; well, they were open minded enough to develop for all >major platforms - Linux, windows, and Mac. I wonder how accessible >Skype would be under Linux using Gnome accessibility with Gnopernicus.
