Considering, according to a friend who is in computer security, that Jaws, as of a few years ago, creates (in his words) a security hole that you can drive a truck through, I would have to say the lame excuse unfortunately may not be so lame. 

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On 9 Jun 2014, at 11:52, Jeff Kenyon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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>>> Sometimes the trick is trying to convince people that technology is adaptable.
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> Believe it or not I was able to use some touchscreen equipment without any audio assistance back in the mid-80s. It was mainly audio equipment.
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> Another excuse the comes across from some people is that programs are proprietary and they don't want to run the risk of somebody from the outside getting a hold of the programming language. In my opinion, that's just a lame excuse.
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