I thought it was just me.
The schools engaged in a limited study to see if the Kindle would be
feasible to replace the books. Apparently the students didn't find them
useful for a variety of reasons.
Before the entitlement generation took hold, people waited to see if there
was a real issue before suing. Now we're just brainwashed to sue at the
drop of a hat, and, every one suffers for it. Except, of course, the trial
lawyers.
Just maybe it would more useful for the government to deal with real
violations.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Pietruk" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Why Did Feds Claim Kindle Violated Civil Rights?
Ana
Unfortunately, I have to agree with the journalist and Redenbaug in this
instance. As much as access is nice, this was a waste of tax dollars as
this was an experimental project at best. Iff you demand access at every
point, you are just adding cost to test projects and inhibiting their
experimentation.
This country, given the mass waste of money by our politicians in
Washington, can no longer afford law suits and federal actions each time
someone somewhere seeks to test out something.
All that was needed, in this instance, was a memorandum that the schools,
if this would be a universally established program for textbooks, be
required to use accessible equipment. That would have served warning to
Amazon, the Kindel developers, and the schools that ultimately the device
would have to incorporate accessibility features.
My stance may, on the surface appear blind unfriendly. As a blind
taxpayer, I like seeing my tax dollars used wisely and with discretion.
There is a time and place for federal intervention; on the other hand,
there is a time and place for the market forces to respond. In this
instance, the marketplace was not given that opportunity; and a warning
would have more than sufficed and probably accomplisshed the same end
without government waste and bureaucratic red tape interfering.
There is far too much interference in the lives of the population by
government as it is.
God's answers are wiser than our prayerss.
--unknown
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