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From: Kynn Bartlett
Date: Mar 23, 2006 2:10PM

On 3/23/06, Carol E. Wheeler < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Kynn said:
> "I think you might not understand how entrenched the current screenreaders
> are, how difficult it is for a new software company to come out with a new
> product, how hard it can be to test and debug a screenreader, and how hard
> it is to gain acceptance within the community ( e.g. marketing to the
> disability user base)."
>
> You mean like IE doesn't have to improve because nobody would use an open
> source browser that works better? After all Firefox is such a small part of
> the market how could it be a threat?
>

...

Are you saying that the browser market is identical to the screenreader
market?

Or are you just making a joke which you know is a flawed analogy?

It's really hard to tell sometimes if people are being funny, or
unknowledgeable.

The screenreader market is very, very different from the browser market. Not
all software markets are the same. An open source browser can overtake
commercial software, but that doesn't mean that holds true for all software.

--Kynn