Please forgive this question if it comes across wrong. I mean no harm by it.
But, it is a question none the less.
Without mentioning company names, didn't this same thing happen over almost
twenty years ago to a few other companies that deal with technology? And
they went down hill quickly? Congradulations are in order yes but, in my
opinion, I am a bit nervous.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Geoffray" <[email protected]>
To: "list info" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 2:26 PM
Subject: Ai Squared and GW Micro merger
I am sure you have all read the press release announcing the fantastic news
of Ai Squared and GW Micro merging into one single company, Ai Squared. We
have been getting several emails and tweets asking for more details so I
thought I would try to answer the best I can.
To me this merger is a natural fit. Ai Squared, like GW Micro, has a
fantastic reputation in the assistive technology field for not only great
products, solutions, technical support but also about caring for their
customers. These ideals are the foundation of GW Micro and were drop-dead
requirements for any merger considerations. We have partnered with Ai
Squared in the past and got Window-Eyes to work well with ZoomText but we
wanted to go much further. By combining our talents into one company we
can provide the total solution from low vision to total blindness.
Although the individual products, ZoomText and Window-Eyes, cover a
different customer base as sold today, there is an enormous amount of
synergy in the development process of the products.
By combining our engineering talents we no longer have to both develop
core accessibility components separately. We can combine our talents to
create stronger, more innovative products in a more timely manor. Now
obviously this isn't a switch we just flip, it will take time to fully
integrate and meld into the ideal single entity but the potential is so
existing to me personally and hopefully viewed by our existing customer
base and our future base.
I want to be perfectly clear that all GW Micro employees are continuing on
with the existing Ai Squared team. I will personally continue overseeing
the entire development process of Window-Eyes as the Vice President,
Engineering, Screen reading. Dan Weirich will be continuing as Vice
President, Business Development, Screen Reading. We are committed to the
continued development of Window-Eyes and all that goes with that.
I truly believe this merger will give us added abilities not possible as
stand alone companies. I hope this puts to rest any concerns you may have
with the ongoing development of Window-Eyes. I have the utmost respect for
Ai Squared from Dave Wu (President and CEO) to all their employees and
look forward to working with all them.
In final thoughts I'm reminded of a quote from Napoleon Hill, "Whatever
the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."
Regards,
Doug
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