[nfbwatlk] OpposingFreedom Scientific'ssignedBrailleDriver Initiative

[Mary Ellen]

I've signed the petition, even though I tend to agree with Mike that
petitions are the poorest way to influence government. I don't know how well
they work on corporations. I guess we'll see.
How about writing a personal letter to Freedom Scientific expressing your
outrage at their behavior? I haven't done that -- at least not yet. If they
begin to understand that consumers will start voting with their feet, or
should I say their wallets, that might make a difference. If the state
agencies for the blind expressed a similar point of view, I expect Freedom
would listen even more quickly, since state VR agencies have opened their
collective wallets to pay for more FS products than any other group of
customers.


-----Original Message-----
From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jedi
Sent: October 18, 2009 9:13 PM
To: nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] OpposingFreedom Scientific'ssignedBrailleDriver
Initiative


Mike,

That may be true to some extent, but it's a great way just to see how 
many people oppose/support some item. I think we need a resolution at 
National Convention stating our opposition not to Freedom Scientific 
directly, but to any company that would impose restrictions such that 
access technology becomes more inaccessible than it already is. I see 
this petition as a starting point for further development of concerted 
action, and I encourage you to take part regardless of its seeming 
futility and apparent waste of space.

Respectfully,
Jedi


Original message:
> I agree with the petition. However, I refuse to sign online petitions 
> as a matter of principle; they aren't worth the time and bandwidth 
> they take up in that their signatures are unverifiable. (grin)

> Mike

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Les Fitzpatrick" <lesfitz at comcast.net>
> To: "'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List'" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 8:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Opposing Freedom 
> Scientific'ssignedBrailleDriver Initiative


> I signed too.


> Les Fitzpatrick
> instructor at the School of Piano Technology for the Blind President 
> Clark County Chapter National Federation of the Blind Ham Call K5FPT

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On
> Behalf Of Kaye Kipp
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 8:08 PM
> To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Opposing Freedom Scientific's 
> signedBrailleDriver Initiative

> I signed too.

> Kaye
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alco Canfield" <amcanfield at comcast.net>
> To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 8:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Opposing Freedom Scientific's signed 
> BrailleDriver Initiative


>> Thanks, Curtis. I signed.

>> Do you know of a comparable screen reader? I'm getting so tired of
>> being nickeled and dimed with their maintenance agreements and
>> upgrades.

>> I hope you are well.

>> Alco

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Curtis Chong <Curtis.Chong at blind.state.ia.us>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 4:43 PM
>> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [nfbwatlk] Opposing Freedom Scientific's signed Braille
>> Driver Initiative

>> Greetings:

>> The Open Braille API Initiative, the National Federation of the Blind
>> in Computer Science, and Earle Harrison, President of Handy Tech North
>> America have created and posted an online petition which expresses
>> sharp opposition to Freedom Scientific's recently-announced Secure and
>> Compatible Braille driver signing policy.  The petition is self
>> explanatory.  If you wish to read the petition and possibly
>> demonstrate your support, please point your browser to:

>> http://www.petitiononline.com/brl4all/petition.html

>> and express your view.

>> Thank you for your attention.

>> Yours sincerely,

>> Curtis Chong, President
>> National Federation of the Blind in Computer Science


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