Exactly. There is an VDA, and then there is system access. Most people don't 
pay a whole lot of attention to either one of them. Read the book, the death of 
WCW. But yes, that is where I got my analogy from.

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> On May 7, 2017, at 3:31 PM, via Talk <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi just one question How can you compare VFO to WWE? So you are VFO is the 
> new WWE when it comes to screen readers?
> Kenny Peyatt jr. 
> 
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> From: Darrell Bowles via Talk
> Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2017 3:22 PM
> To: Sky Mundell; Window-Eyes Discussion List
> Subject: Re: Future Of Window-Eyes
> 
> When Vince McMahon purchased world championship wrestling, he now lets their 
> showers be played on demand on the WWE network, but there are no more W CW 
> shows. I'm sure that current versions of Window-Eyes, will still be allowed 
> to be used, but it does not sound like they will continue to update it, 
> because, Freedom Scientific is the number one source in town, and so there is 
> no need for them to push another screen reader, especially if it is their 
> competition.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On May 7, 2017, at 2:51 PM, Sky Mundell via Talk 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> FS always saw Window-Eyes as a threat and I have a feeling that that lawsuit
>> they filed against GWMicro was part of their stradigy to destroy
>> Window-Eyes. That lawsuit happened when FS was under Lee Hamilton.  Then,
>> Lee Hamilton left in 2013, and John Blake took over and then, in November of
>> 2015, VFO formed with Optolec and Freedom Scientific.  And then, on June
>> 14th, 2016, VFO bought AI Squared, and then, in August of that year, John
>> Blake moved back to upstate New York, with Tom Teerman as the new president
>> and CEO, who is sighted but has family connections to blindness due to
>> glaucoma.  He did say in FSCast that he would probably get glaucoma
>> eventually.  So, Richard Chandler, Lee Hamilton, John Blake, were the
>> sighted presidents and CEO of Freedom Scientific, while Tom is sighted but
>> might eventually get Glaucoma.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On
>> Behalf Of Loy via Talk
>> Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2017 11:27 AM
>> To: Darrell Bowles; Window-Eyes Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: Future Of Window-Eyes
>> 
>> My question is why would a company pay for a company that only has one
>> product "Window Eyes" then shut down the product.?
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: Darrell Bowles via Talk 
>> To: Dave ; Window-Eyes Discussion List 
>> Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2017 1:18 PM
>> Subject: Re: Future Of Window-Eyes
>> 
>> 
>> If the company had asked for a donation, I would have gladly given it.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On May 7, 2017, at 1:15 PM, Dave via Talk <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> GW Micro must have been suffering from Cash Flow problems.  The question
>>> then is, how to attract more customers.  The more customers, the better
>>> the cash flow.  
>>> 
>>> I have suspected the Window Eyes program was due for a Re-write from the
>>> ground up, but this costs lots of money, and can take a couple of years
>>> to do it right.  Not enough cash, and they ran out of time to do it.  
>>> 
>>> I doubt if there was anything the Users of Window Eyes could have done,
>>> unless we all were willing to donate $500 to the cause, and even then,
>>> it may not have been enough.  
>>> 
>>> Protesting and getting as many people to agree with you doesn't get much
>>> in the long run, other than make all of the participants feel good about
>>> themselves.   However, the end result is nothing different than what has
>>> taken place.  
>>> 
>>> I too wish it were different.  
>>> 
>>> Grumpy Dave
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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