- From: Tina Holmboe <tina@greytower.net>
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 15:07:32 +0100 (CET)
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
On 1 Feb, Kelly Pierce wrote: >> If solution A is delivered ONLY by commercial actor B, and cost >> money, then yes, it would seem -entirely- unreasonable and >> insufficient. Can you elaborate? >> > > **sure Tina. it sounds like a bias toward socialism is clouding an > understanding on this point. The ADA indeed does not permit charging This piece I don't understand. Can you elaborate? > considered discrimination. This is similar to the fact that banks do > not need to provide telephones for their automated telephone banking > services to be ADA compliant as everyone needs to use a telephone to > use this service. Correct. And as long as that telephone follows the standards that exist for such communication, the specific -brand- of telephone doesn't matter. A better comparison would be that bank A requires that you purchase special phones from company B, and ONLY company B. > personally, I have no problem with commercial enterprises inventing, > creating, and innovating. When entrepreneurs have the freedom and can > receive adequate reward to pursue their dreams and ideas, great things I'm sure. -- - Tina Holmboe Greytower Technologies tina@greytower.net http://www.greytower.net/ [+46] 0708 557 905
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