Harry, I'm not sure that you weren't both talking about different things. He is indicating the reason for charging for upgrades to the software so they can continue to earn revenue used to pay staff, developers and the supply network, and you might have been asking for a limitless number of activation keys so that each time you install JAWS on a different computer you don't have to contact them for another key. I assume they don't charge for those activation keys when you request another one anyway? At least that's been my experience.
Harry, even NVDA isn't being developed for free. What users donate augments the fund raising the developers do in order that they continue to be paid for the tremendous work they're doing so that we can have a free screen reader.
I'm afraid that nothing is free in the first-world economy we've allowed to build up around ourselves. Somebody's gotta pay at some point or nothing moves.
Thx, Albert
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Sent: Monday, December 12, 2016 2:15 PM
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Subject: [VICUG-L] my conversation with Brian at Freedom scientific
Hi all,
Just got off the phone with Brian, from Freedom Scientific, the guy in charge of technical development.
Here's what we talked about, and here's what he said.
I told him, all the things I mentioned in the email, I sent to [log in to unmask] and I'm still not sure how I feel about all he said, but here's what he said.
"Harry, we have to charge people money for buying Jaws, and we have to charge money for upgrades to different jaws versions. We are not Microsoft, and we are not apple, who can just keep pumping out update after update of software for free. The blind are a small market, and if you want people to do research and development to keep up with the latest software that microsoft, and everyone else puts out, that means you have to have people, and those people need to be paid."
I asked him "why can't we have a lifetime key, and he said, "You can have as many keys as you want. If you want 10, we'll give you 10, just ask. The reason we give only 3 keys is, upon doing research, the software industry has determined, folks only use 3 computers at a time.
So that's what we drew our conclusion from. However, there is now, a web site for activations, and, for resets.
it is
fsactivate.com
So, people can go there, and do it all online, and they don't have to call us if they don't want to."
Folks, I still don't agree with what he said about keys. There should be a lifetime key, when you buy jaws, or, any other software.
Anyway, that is the just of our conversation.
Harry
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