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- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!hexnut!alistair
- From: alistair@microsoft.com (Alistair Banks)
- Subject: Re: Microsoft's discrimination against the blind
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.065622.13484@microsoft.com>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 06:56:22 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1992Aug16.010948.22385@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug16.010948.22385@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> leeda@cps.msu.edu (Dae Hee Lee) writes:
- >crosoft is trying to discriminate the blind by preventing them from
- >accessing the computer. Microsoft has already developed some versions
- >of MS Windows with GUI, and is now developing Windows NT. But they don't
- >have any plan to enable the blind to access their software at all.
- > But IBM has already developed the screen reading program for OS/2 2.0
- >and the Presentation Manager for the blind.
- > Microsoft is clearly making discrimination for the visually impaired.
- >
- >Daehee Lee
-
- This is clearly an inflamatory posting, and I wouldnt comment on such if
- the subject matter weren't so delicate. You do yourself & us a disservice
- to post such an acustation before you have asked anyone about the facts.
-
- If you will do the courtious thing and re-phrase this question, then
- someone at Microsoft (even me) may consider responding -- Alistair
-