Yep, that has always been JAWS' position. However, it doesn't explain 
how companies like Serotek and NV Access keep sending out upgrades and 
updates without charging additional money for System Access, or NVDA. 
They are not Microsoft either, but they have a more moral approach. I 
could see paying small upgrade fees for major updates, but this policy 
of paying $1,100  up front, then several hundred dollars every single 
year to update is solely based on the fact that they have lots of 
government contracts who don't mind paying it. Though it is an advanced 
screen reader, it isn't perfect. It is bloated, sometimes over 
complicated, and deffinitely over priced. When they were a tiny start 
up as Henter Joyce, I could see how they had to charge a lot. But, 
though they are not Microsoft, they are not small either. They have 70 
percent of the world screen reader market and are plenty big enough to 
charge a reasonable fee. And, for the record, the blind screen reader 
market is not all that small. That is a red herring.


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