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

["B.Henry" <burt1iband gmail com>]

yeah, and just as most people have little if any voice in whether or not 
MS or any other company pulls an API we do not know when a gov might 
decide to cut food assistence, i.e. unless you have a good fallback 
option it's usually best to take the job, at least until you find 
something else more to your liking..
Companies will choose google-aps like drive and docs, gmail, etc, 
MS-office, and yes, there are even cases where Windows lovers decide to 
take jobs in Linux shops because that's where the job offer comes from...
As most people on this list probably know it can be much harder for a 
blind person to find good jobs compared with their sighted counterparts. 
If a blind person doesn't take a job offer because they'd have to use 
some software they don't care for that only enforces the image of the 
unemployed disabled. It certainly won't go very far at changing 
enterprise software prefferences whether good and logical or not.
Of course if a person can afford to stick to their prefferences and 
principles  I am not going to be one to criticize.. Just don't think you 
are going to make a difference in the big picture very often with such 
choices when the app you don't like is used by hundreds of millions and 
integrated with such popular software and services as outlook and facebook.
Personally I spend most of my VOIP money with callcentric and keep skype 
around for the times when it's the most efficient and comfortable way to 
communicate and as a fallback in emergency situations.
Also to be fair accessibility has improved on windows and Linux since MS 
bought the co. I was driven away because of the end of direct als 
support.  se it except

     B.H.
   Registerd Linux User 521886

On 14/05/15 05:13 PM, Alex Midence wrote:
> In the end, companies will do what they will do as it is their right to conduct business in any way they see 
> fit within the confines of the law of the country in which they operate as is their right to choose what sort 
> of software they will use to run their facilities.  Also, in the end, someone looking for a job will have to 
> decide on one thing:
>
> "Do I want to pay my bills or do I want to tell someone else how to run their business?"  The two are often mutually 
> exclusive and, one must eat, after all.  I'm not going to come home to my wife and say:  "Honey, I turned down the job offer 
> I got form XYZ Corporation at a rate of 50 k a year because they use Microsoft and I want them to use Linux so, it's back to the 
> drawing board.  Have we gotten our food stamp card yet?"
>
> Thanks.
> Alex M
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Kyle
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 9:24 PM
> To: orca-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] why Skype works in Ubuntu 15.04
>
> According to Christopher Chaltain:
> # 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.
>
> And I think it is rather shortsighted for any business to force their employees to use software that is so insecure and backward, 
> or face unemployment. On one hand, they say they care about their "trade secrets," "intellectual property" 
> and all that other noise they talk, and on the other, they want to give all that stuff away to Microsoft, the NSA and the Chinese 
> government. No, I will not be forced to give away any of my personal information to Microsoft or any other government entity just 
> because a company that wants to hire me is too shortsighted and backward looking to use real enterprise-level technology. As 
> their potential employee, it is my duty to care that they don't.
> Sent from my bug zapper
> --
> "Don't judge my disability until you are able to see my ability."
> ~Kyle: https://kyle.tk/
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