It does and maybe my point was not clear since I tossed the word socialism out there. Regardless, in some cases the client won't know what they need, but in others, they will and any agency should take that into consideration. I was very serious when I said that some agencies only provide what they feel you need. I can point out specific examples of this and how people I know personally scraped the funs together to purchase their own adaptive solutions for that very reason. So, yes, you made your point clear and well stated. On Nov 29, 2009, at 7:36 AM, anouk radix wrote:
> Hello, Yes it is the principle that I am talking about. And also, as I > explained earlier if you have a certain laptop for your studying during high > school and university chances are high that you will also use this laptop at > home and so have little or no chance to get exposed to the apple at all let > alone make your own choice wether you want it or not. I am concerned that in > this way the apple will be a niche product for eternity for blind people in > Europe because what you dont know you dont buy. > I hope this makes my point more clear. > Greetings, Anouk, > On Nov 29, 2009, at 1:25 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> I think annouk's point isn't so much that they can't purchase one, but >> that it's the principle of the issue. I agree with Scott, that these >> are the potential pitfalls of having someone else decide what >> technology you get to have, and I'm also glad I get to make my own >> choices. That said, to force governments--or anyone else to buy their >> product by claiming that the Mac is not a viable option is really >> playing dirty. It'd serve them right if Apple sued them for making >> false claoms or some such. >> Donna >> On Nov 28, 2009, at 9:46 PM, Rich Ring wrote: >> >>> But, they can still purchase one, can they not? >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "anouk radix" <anou...@home.nl> >>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 6:50 PM >>> Subject: no mac for blind people in Belgium >>> >>> >>> Hello, A friend of mine told me this morning htat in Belgium windows >>> screenreader companies have won a lobby that effectively bans blind >>> people >>> in belgium from getting a mac from their insurance (or the >>> government). >>> Because the screenreader people say it is unusable. >>> I think this is a very sad state of affairs indeed and I hope this >>> wont >>> happen in other countries as well. >>> Greetings, Anouk >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en >>> . >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
