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

[E.J. Zufelt]

I don't remember if it was mentioned in the article, but I imagine they care about competition because they truly want to see better screen-reading products available for Windows.  I imagine that they believe that strong competition is key to ensuring that the experience of a screen-reader user on the Windows operating system continues to improve.


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On 2010-09-03, at 11:01 PM, David Andrews wrote:

> 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,
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