Isn't it a possibility that AI-SQUARED agreed to this, were not "taken over," but aligned their purpose with them? -- Curtis Delzer <curtis1...@verizon.net>
On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:53:49 -0400 Chris Skarstad via Talk <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: > This is sound advice, i'm glad someone has their head screwed on straight > about this. If you go ahead and try to stop this, you could essentially ruin > the very thing you're trying to protect. > > > > > On 6/16/2016 4:21 PM, Steve Jacobson via Talk wrote: > > Darrell and others, > > > > In a situation like this, we often look at the possibilities as either being > > the status quo or as a change we don't particularly like. It is easy for us > > to assume that if there were no merger that everything would continue on > > with all of us remaining happy. What is easy to forget is that we can't > > really know what would happen if there were no merger. > > > > Certainly I am somewhat nervous about this merger. However, I don't have > > enough information to say for certain whether stopping the merger would be > > good. I don't know the financial situation of AI Squared, but I would tend > > to believe that if their financial situation was a strong one, the merger > > probably would not have happened. In other words, we really don't know for > > sure that no merger would necessarily have meant that everything would have > > continued as we have come to like it. One probably should be careful about > > trying to stop a merger unless one knows for certain that the current > > financial position is a very good one. The alternative to a merger may not > > necessarily be what we would like it to be. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Steve Jacobson > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Talk > > [mailto:talk-bounces+steve.jacobson=visi....@lists.window-eyes.com] On > > Behalf Of Darrell Bowles via Talk > > Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 7:21 AM > > To: Mike Pietruk <piet...@panix.com>; Window-Eyes Discussion List > > <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> > > Subject: Re: action by DOJ > > > > How do you all know what type of merger this is? Do you all work on the > > inside, and can say with insurances, that this is to consolidate rather than > > to eliminate? > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Jun 16, 2016, at 7:40 AM, Mike Pietruk via Talk > > <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: > >> Kim > >> > >> Great from hearing from someone who has a legal background on this. > >> And, taking this a step further, let's say the DOJ actually filed an > >> action to stop the merger. > >> That would cost VFO major dollars to defend which they likely don't have. > >> So, the deal falls through and (probably) AISquared goes under so who is > >> better off then? > >> This isn't a merger out of strength; this is a consolidation necistated by > >> attempted survival in an ever changing landscape and in an economy which > >> isn't exactly flourishing. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> I have a great need for Christ; I have a great Christ for my need. > >> Charles Spurgeon > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> On Wed, 15 Jun 2016, Kim Lingo via Talk wrote: > >>> > >>> I would be very surprised if the Department of Justice does anything at > > all. > >>> First, this just happened. there is no actual showing of harm to the > > consumer > >>> yet. Second, there _are_ other screen readers out there. I'm thinking > > of > >>> Narrator, and something I've read about on this list called System > > Access. > >>> there may very well be more I don't know about. > >>> > >>> Also, this represents possible but not yet proven injury to a very small > > group > >>> of consumers in the over-all scheme of things. It's not exactly a > > headline > >>> grabber. Then there's budgetary considerations. My area of legal > > expertise > >>> before I retired was not anti-trust or consumer litigation. This was > > covered > >>> a bit thirty years ago when I was in law school. But you don't have to > > be a > >>> lawyer to figure this kind of thing out. We'll just have to wait and see > > what > >>> happens. I realize the federal trade commission, or the DOJ, can't do > >>> anything about this if they don't know; so I'm not telling anyone not to > > file > >>> a complaint. I'd just be very surprised if anything happened. Remember, > >>> there is something even more powerful than a verdict, an injunction, or a > >>> writ. 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