Nevil Chamberlin said after signing the Munich agreement, "I believe it is Piece for our time." Doug, you are saying the same thing. Famous last words.
This is a disaster. Darrell Bowles Assistive Technology Trainer Pelissippi State Community College 8656613917 -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Curtis Delzer via Talk Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 12:58 PM To: Doug Geoffray <[email protected]>; Window-Eyes Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: VFO acquisition of Ai Squared what else but give a company "yes" man mentality, the politically correct and slumberman idea all is well while the quality goes to shit! -- Curtis Delzer <[email protected]> On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:18:46 +0000 Doug Geoffray via Talk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I wanted to chime in here and give my personal thoughts to the > bombshell released today regarding VFO (the parent company of Freedom > Scientific and Optelec) acquiring Ai Squared. And by bombshell, I > don't mean a bad thing, I just mean it is shocking and unexpected news. > > I know this may seem scary to many people. I know that we have a > great number of extremely loyal customers who may be feeling betrayed. > There are lots of legit concerns and questions that I'm sure come to > everyone's minds. But honestly, nobody knows the answers at this > point. We are just starting the discussions internally of how best to > take all our new resources, talent, products, etc. and meld them > together to give the best customer experience. For the next 6 months > or so, it will be business as usual. After the 6 months, who knows at > this point but I can guarantee the customers will benefit from the results. > Nobody will be abandoned or taken advantage of, etc. I'm very > impressed with John Blake (CEO of VFO). I truly believe John is in > this for the customer. > > Personally, I'm extremely excited with the possibilities. Think about > it, we now have all the best minds in this industry under one roof. > Instead of us duplicating resources, we can combine them and inovate. > Although Freedom has been our number one competitor since Dan and I > started GW Micro in 1990, I've always had great respect for their > engineers. Okay, I've had questions about their corporate leadership, > a certain lawsuit comes to mind (smile), but that was a completely > different leadership team. That was a different owner and a different > CEO. Vector has an outstanding reputation. John Blake has shown > great leadership and concern for the customer. Under this new > leadership and available resources, I'm ready to take that and do > whatever it takes to have the best possible solutions for our > customers, for every low vision and blind person out there. > > People may be concerned about lack of competition causing innovation > and quality to suffer. Nothing can be further from the truth. There > is still plenty of competition out there, including free options but > we have the determination and drive, starting at the corporate level > all they way down to provide the best quality products, hands down. > Yes, this will take some time to prove but I'm hoping that everyone > out there will give us that opportunity. Again, I'm putting everything > I have into this venture and I wouldn't do that if I didn't believe in it. > > Regards, > Doug > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/curtis1014%40v erizon.net. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/dgbowles%40msn .com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
