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To: dybdahl who wrote (63288)	11/24/2001 8:25:24 AM
From: Bill Fischofer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Thank you. So what you're saying is that if voice recognition becomes a de facto standard that is integrated into a future version of Windows as a basic OS feature that to match that capability on Linux will require the purchase of a licensed product from some vendor? This really seems at variance with the "free" argument, but I'm not surprised. Developing major new OS capabilities like really good voice recognition requires a sustained and costly R&D effort which is unlikely to be given away. If that's true then I think this is one of the limits of open source.