Augury and reading chicken bones for profit... (was Pun-ditry...)

[Bill Campbell]

On Fri, Jul 23, 2004, John Esak wrote:
....
>When and if Linux systems ever write strong enough underpinnings and
>foundations for their software that such as screen readers could work...
>maybe then I'll start looking more closely at it. On the whole, I still view
>Linux as a toy for developers and a hell of an OS for small control system
>chips.

John:

You have some unusual requirements vis-a-vis user interface (e.g.  your
``looking'' at something doesn't involve much use of your eyes).

I wouldn't be surprised to find that there are good tools to meet your
requirements under Mac OS X as the default installation has features that
generate audio output of whatever is under the mouse cursor, have auto-
zooming under the cursor, and other accessibility features.

As for Linux being a ``toy'', I've been installing Linux in mission-
critical applications since September 1997, and have been using it
exclusively for ISP systems since 1998.  I don't consider systems that
support 10s of thousands of e-mail accounts, web services, etc.  on a
single server, to be toys.

Bill
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