...and yet another tweet from my tl. Take it how you want: @mikelauf1: Some time next week, users of Window-Eyes will be given the chance to upgrade to JFW 18 for free after filling out a form.
https://twitter.com/mikelauf1/status/863134385087926273 We's future looking really bright now, right? "the world has been against you from day one, tomorrow's never promised night has just begun, so sing with me we're all fucked" Walls Of Jericho Reeva On May 11, 2017 10:22 PM, "Raul A. Gallegos via Talk" < [email protected]> wrote: Hello all. I don't post much here, but I read a few messages here and there. It's amazing how many differing messages there are on all of this and yet most of them without actual facts. *smile*. Because VFO Group now is the actual company, there is no more competition between Jaws and Window-Eyes, no more competition between Magic and ZoomText, ETC. At least not in the technical sense. It's all a part of one larger umbrela. I think many people have a bad taste in their mouth because they are remembering the name Freedom Scientific and what the company has done under certain leadership. That doesn't make Jaws a bad product. That's like when Coke changed their formula a long time ago in a galaxy far away. Some liked it and some hated it. Some will still remember that bad experience and still think of Coke that way even though ti's been different for a very long time. Instead of speculating, how about we wait and see what happens. This constant back and forth does nothing but get people's anxiety up. As has been said before, people will have choice. Whether those choices are ones they would choose is anyone's guess. -- Raul A. Gallegos Assistive Technology Trainer - RGA Tech Solutions Voice and Text: 832.554.7285 Office: 832.639.4477 Personal Email: [email protected] Work Email: [email protected] Twitter: @rga7285 and @RGATrainer “Any teacher that can be replaced with a computer, deserves to be.” - David Thornburg On 5/7/2017 2:17 PM, Darrell Bowles via Talk wrote: > 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. >> >> _______________________________________________ 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/o ptions.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/jadedangelpromises%40gmail.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/l istinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/p rivate.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
