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On 2012-06-28, at 4:45 PM, Michele Thredgold <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Joseph and others. I also appreciate your putting things in context and I > apologize for keeping the thread going but I have not had my say yet. I > remember Dean Jackson and want to pay tribute to him, since he helped many > but people out on this list before his life was tragically cut short when he > had an epileptic fit whilst showering and drowned. > > Thinking of Dean, I think he would be appalled at how the ethos of HumanWare > has now changed since its move from New zealand to Canada. I am begging > those HumanWare reps on this list, especially from America and Canada, to > remember that Pulse Data ethos which was what created this great company, to > remember the little guys and not just the rich ones, to remember countries > like Australia and New Zealand when offering specials and upgrades. For > quite some times, Australian users couldn't use the Bookshare part of the > KeySoft upgrades yet they had to pay the same price. It wasn't that they > chose not to: the American government did not allow them to access BookShare > books until quite recently. I don't believe that the engineer who started > PuleDate would have been so uncaring about the needs of a whole country's > worth of potential customers. > > Please, HumanWare, competition should be the best motivator for excellence in > service in prod-ct upgrades. > > OK. I've had my say. Thanks for reading. > > Michele > > Sent from my BrailleNote APEX > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Nusbaum" <[email protected] > To: "'Joseph Lee'" <[email protected]>,<[email protected] > Date sent: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:43:40 -0400 > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Mergers, transfers and customers > > Hi Joseph, > > Thank you for the clarification. > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph Lee > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 9:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Braillenote] Mergers, transfers and customers > > Hi, > I hope this would be the final message on this whole merger of PDI and HW > topics. Hope you find the following story useful. > Once upon a time, there was an engineer who had a vision to enhance lives of > others. He had a profound heart for people with disabilities, especially for > those who are blind and visually impaired. Thus, he started a company in New > Zealand in 1980's to promote a product that, according to his vision, would > have made computers simple to operate. Thus KeySoft was born in 1986, and > hence, his company, named PulseData came to life. > In 1990's, with the boom in Internet and PC use, this engineer built a > computer that was ahead of even some mainstream devices at that time. > Although it was a humble device in the beginning, this computer proved to be > a success in some circles and later donated its name and workings to a PDA > that resembles its operations today: KeyNote series, and its PdA version > known as Braille and KeyNote Companion, which in turn became basis for > BrailleNote in 2000. Also in 1990's, PulseData expanded its reach to > Americans and beyond, eventually partnering with a small company in > California known as HumanWare, and making it its American distributor and > hence forming PulseData HumanWare. > In 2000, PulseData International (PDI), as the New Zealand company called > itself, released BrailleNote family (back then, it was an older Classic). It > was revolutionary at that time, using a well-known operating system present > on some mainstream PDA's and having the ability to send and receive emails. > Few years later, PDI's competetors introduced quite a few challengers to > BrailleNote, including upgraded notetakers and brand new devices with > different concept from that of KeySoft. This competition is still ongoing, > although the focus is now shifting to wireless braille displays. As for the > BrailleNote, it was upgraded as well, culminating in significant software > upgrade after a leader in notetaking devices merged with a producer of > talking book players up north in 2007 and revived an old name for the entire > merger (PDI and Visuaide in Canada merged in 2007 shortly before the fall > and renamed the entity to HumanWare Group). > However, the rebirth party of HumanWare was short lived, as its founder, > piloting an airplane, crashed and left this earthly realm. Then a New > Zealander took over, but after a few years, the former head of Visuaide took > over the company and relocated its headquarters to Canada, while announcing > new products, upgrades and promotions. And this is the status of HumanWare > today. > I left out Jolimont Capital's investment story out of this picture to > clarify which company was which and to clarify key events and dates only. > Cheers, > Joseph > > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as > well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. 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