You don't know that. No one knows what products will stay or go. -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of net bat via Talk Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 2:51 PM To: RJ Sandefur; via Talk Subject: what choice?
if you don't like free speech delete it. i have used window eyes over jaws for 25 years. it was then and is now much easier to use and configure myself which i couldn't do with jaws. now this choice will be gone and jaws will be the only choice i have. -----Original Message----- From: RJ Sandefur via Talk Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 11:28 AM To: Darrell Bowles ; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: VFO acquisition of Ai Squared Will you please stop wining like children! On 6/14/2016 1:53 PM, Darrell Bowles via Talk wrote: > Of course I do. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 14, 2016, at 1:52 PM, Robert Ringwald via Talk >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Does anyone know the word "Monopoly???" >> >> -Bob Ringwald >> >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Doug Geoffray via Talk >> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 9:18 AM >> To: Window-Eyes Discussion List >> Subject: VFO acquisition of Ai Squared >> >> 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/rs%40ringwald. 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/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/manbatsandefur %40outlook.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. 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