[blindlaw] Microsoft built-in screenreader and anti-competition

[James Pepper]

NVDA is open source, what do they care about competition?

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:06 PM, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:

> It isn't the same, there were not any other screen readers available for
> the Apple at the time.
>
> Dave
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>
> At 09:39 PM 9/2/2010, you wrote:
>
>> Certainly not.
>> Apple does it and hasn't gotten into trouble.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 2, 2010, at 10:17 PM, E.J. Zufelt wrote:
>>
>> > Good evening,
>> >
>> > The lead developer of NVDA recently wrote a brief post pondering if
>> Microsoft could be liable for anti-competitive practices if they were to
>> bundle a built-in screen-reader with its operating system.
>> >
>> >
>> http://blog.jantrid.net/2010/09/why-cant-microsoft-build-screen-reader.html
>> >
>> > Curious if anyone has any thoughts on this topic?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> > Everett Zufelt
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