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

[David Andrews]

They care, they get donations, grants, etc., so are competing if a 
little indirectly.

Dave

At 01:32 PM 9/3/2010, you wrote:
>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
> >
> >
> > 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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