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Re: screen reader open source?

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From: Joshue O Connor
Date: Nov 22, 2006 9:10AM

> Not to take this too far off track, but I think the gripe with MS isn't
> necessarily 'bundling' but 'hard-wired integration'.

Good point Darrel.

Josh

Austin, Darrel wrote:
>> Anyway, bashing Microsoft for bundling the media player is
>> obviously the more acceptable face of anti-trust legislation.
>
> Not to take this too far off track, but I think the gripe with MS isn't
> necessarily 'bundling' but 'hard-wired integration'. Apple bundles
> Safari, for instance, bu MS integrates IE directly with the OS, though.
> You can't easily uninstall IE.
>
> Looking at this screen reader from Apple, it appears similar. It's an
> app that is bundled with OSX that you can install separately, but it
> isn't tied directly into the operating system.
>
> -Darrel
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