Re: [orca-list] why Skype works in Ubuntu 15.04

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

Very well put.  Like them or not, they are everywhere.  They also have a long-standing history with 
accessibility.  I use their products every day namely, UIA and MSAA.  On applications written with them in 
mind, they are immensely reliable.  I literally stake my ability to pay my bills on them every single day.  


-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 7:04 PM
To: orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] why Skype works in Ubuntu 15.04

On 05/13/2015 05:26 PM, kendell clark wrote:
> As for skype ... not to
> sound harsh or uncaring, but fsck microsoft. If they cannot and will 
> not rebuilt their application to at the very least use 64 bit qt4 
> libraries, which, while being phased out, are at least still supported 
> upstream, then they don't deserve your business, obsession, whatever 
> you want to call it.

There are plenty of people who need to use Skype as part of their jobs. 
This has nothing to do with people wanting to give Microsoft their business or being obsessed about Microsoft 
products. I used Skype in a previous job, and I'm sorry, but I'm not going to be unemployed over an 
unwillingness to use a product where the developers have yet to port their application over to a new library. 
I don't care how you feel about Microsoft, and everyone can have their own opinion, but I think it is pretty 
harsh to tell a blind person who needs to use Skype as part of their job that they just shouldn't use a 
Microsoft product.

BTW, I'm not so sure Microsoft isn't going to update Skype for Linux. A lot of nay sayers said Microsoft 
would kill Skype on Linux when they first acquired it, and they've since released updates to Skype for Linux. 
For Skype to be successful, it has to have a lot of users, and Microsoft needs to support it on Linux like 
clients, even if they don't see Linux as a big market.

--
Christopher (CJ)
chaltain at Gmail
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