Even more interesting will be to see the development of a Blind lobby.
There is a Deaf culture lobby, that strenuously objects to parental consent to cochlear (sp?) implants, will we see the rise of a Blind culture lobby as well?
I think that many of the comments so far have missed the point the original poster was trying to make with this post. "Who do I go to?" Not every company is 'with it' as far as Open Source goes. They want to deal with a reputable company which will support a 'product' that that want to use.
In this case, the poster is not asking for Jabber to win, but is looking for a collaboration tool. The company wants a tool, not a bunch of source code that they have to pay people to maintain. They want an obvious company, not Fubar Consulting that nobody has ever heard of. Not every company wants to hire a group of coders, they want to make widgets.
Yes you 'can' get 3rd party support, but the process is not obvious, particularly to companies with limited exposure to the Open Source movement.
Thats in Canada for the geographically challenged.
We just had a municipal election using a new ballot system that worked VERY well. Each name had a broken black bar beside it, and you used a felt marker to fill in the gap.
Immediately, you walk over to the counting station, with your ballot inside a folded over sheet so that nobody can see the vote. The ballot is fed into a machine that looks like a fax, and if it cannot read it, counts two, etc. it spits it back out.
Immediate feedback on at least basic procedure.
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The OP was referring to the word humour as an alternate spelling of humor.
There is a Deaf culture lobby, that strenuously objects to parental consent to cochlear (sp?) implants, will we see the rise of a Blind culture lobby as well?
Gotta disagree here...
.h++ from 6.0->7.0->SourcePro, with very little change to my source code. It has been portable Solaris / WinNT with very few problems.
I've used RW
If I was starting out today, I would probably not spend the cash, but it has been pretty good over the years.
I think that many of the comments so far have missed the point the original poster was trying to make with this post. "Who do I go to?" Not every company is 'with it' as far as Open Source goes. They want to deal with a reputable company which will support a 'product' that that want to use.
In this case, the poster is not asking for Jabber to win, but is looking for a collaboration tool. The company wants a tool, not a bunch of source code that they have to pay people to maintain. They want an obvious company, not Fubar Consulting that nobody has ever heard of. Not every company wants to hire a group of coders, they want to make widgets.
Yes you 'can' get 3rd party support, but the process is not obvious, particularly to companies with limited exposure to the Open Source movement.
Thats in Canada for the geographically challenged. We just had a municipal election using a new ballot system that worked VERY well. Each name had a broken black bar beside it, and you used a felt marker to fill in the gap. Immediately, you walk over to the counting station, with your ballot inside a folded over sheet so that nobody can see the vote. The ballot is fed into a machine that looks like a fax, and if it cannot read it, counts two, etc. it spits it back out. Immediate feedback on at least basic procedure. sdg
He was referring to the 'National Post' newspaper.
Canada's other national newspaper.
Sounds like it could do the work of a TiVo or Replay box also? No? True convergence from the bottom up?