Well said, Grumpy Dave. I'm disappointed, but if a business can't make it, they do what they can. I unfortunately think I paid for an SMA and haven't used it up, so I'm hoping VFO will give me some sort of credit for that if I'm told to switch. I've never used JAWS and only played with NVDA a tad. I don't like transition, so I hope we can support each other as users for as long as possible.
-----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave via Talk Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 8:11 PM To: Don H; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: Steve Clower I don't think GW Micro sold its Customer's out. Cash Flow has been a problem for a while, and GW Micro started to sell future Upgrades to make up for the low Cash Flow. JAWS does this, and I forget what they are called. SMA's? Anyway, when you sell future upgrades at a discount, chances are that money is going to pay today's Pay roll and Expenses, and when Tommorow comes, well when tomorrow comes, and cash is still short, you start making Crazy Deals with the Devil. Allowing a Free version to anyone owning a copy of MS Office was a questionable choice for GW Micro to do. Perhaps they received a token Royalty from Microsoft for every Free Copy Registered. Hard to know, since no one is telling why that deal with Microsoft was done, and what GW Micro hoped to gain from it. Money of course, but how? I enjoyed dealing with the original cast of Characters at GW Micro. Good Mid-west values and I think they gave award winning effort when producing their Screen Reader, and then supporting it after the sale. I doubt if GW Micro sold us out. But, when a Company doesn't have the cash to hire more talent to keep up with the latest Operating System, as well as everything else GW Micro was doing. Hard to really know what the Newest Parent Company intends. This is one of the problems when getting swallowed by a larger fish, which then gets swallowed by even a larger fish. Communication is bad enough even within a small Company like GW Micro, but add a couple of extra layers and it's a wonder that anything good gets out the door, or even done! Customers? What Customers? We have Customers? Grumpy Dave -- Dave <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ 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/robin_van_lant%40key.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 This communication may contain privileged and/or confidential information. It is intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing or using any of this information. If you received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. This communication may contain nonpublic personal information about consumers subject to the restrictions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. You may not directly or indirectly reuse or redisclose such information for any purpose other than to provide the services for which you are receiving the information. 127 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 44114 If you prefer not to receive future e-mail offers for products or services from Key send an e-mail to mailto:[email protected] with 'No Promotional E-mails' in the SUBJECT line. _______________________________________________ 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
