It's been a while since I've had to have any knowledge of this, as this was
not my area of legal expertise. However, I think Anti-trust suits are
usually brought by the Justice Department, and as this really affects only a
very small smidgeon of the overall computer market, I wouldn't look for any
action by DOJ. on this. There may be a private right of action, by
stockholders, but I don't know for sure, and since I'm now retired--you
know--a recovering attorney--LOL, I'm not really interested in finding
out.but since there are other options including Narrator which I believe has
no cost, I doubt this would fly either. Also, you would have to show that
the public, even a segment of the public has been harmed by this
acquisition, and since it has just happened, that would be difficult to
prove.
I haven't kept up with all these developments much since I still use XP, and
Windows 8.4. I've been thinking about upgrading to Windows 7, since I've
read so many people experiencing difficulty of one kind or another in using
windows X. Maybe I should make the switch to Apple.
Kim Lingo
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From: "Darrell Bowles via Talk" <talk@lists.window-eyes.com>
To: "'Rick Thomas'" <ofbgm...@mi.rr.com>; "'Window-Eyes Discussion List'"
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Subject: RE: VFO acquisition of Ai Squared
It has antitrust lawsuit written all over it.
Darrell Bowles
Assistive Technology Trainer
Pelissippi State Community College
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Subject: RE: VFO acquisition of Ai Squared
Hi Doug:
Have you been contacted about anti-trust considerations?
Seems like with only the JAWS company ownership owning both Jaws and
WindowEyes there are not any other major competitiors out there and thus
this combination would be anti-competitive in nature.
I don't know if that applies to the current combination but has it been
bought up in discussions?
Rick USA
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Subject: VFO acquisition of Ai Squared
Hello everyone,
I wanted to chime in here and give my personal thoughts to the bombshell
released today regarding VFO (the parent company of Freedom Scientific and
Optelec) acquiring Ai Squared. And by bombshell, I don't mean a bad
thing,
I just mean it is shocking and unexpected news.
I know this may seem scary to many people. I know that we have a great
number of extremely loyal customers who may be feeling betrayed. There are
lots of legit concerns and questions that I'm sure come to everyone's
minds.
But honestly, nobody knows the answers at this point. We are just
starting
the discussions internally of how best to take all our new resources,
talent, products, etc. and meld them together to give the best customer
experience. For the next 6 months or so, it will be business as usual.
After the 6 months, who knows at this point but I can guarantee the
customers will benefit from the results.
Nobody will be abandoned or taken advantage of, etc. I'm very impressed
with John Blake (CEO of VFO). I truly believe John is in this for the
customer.
Personally, I'm extremely excited with the possibilities. Think about it,
we now have all the best minds in this industry under one roof.
Instead of us duplicating resources, we can combine them and inovate.
Although Freedom has been our number one competitor since Dan and I
started
GW Micro in 1990, I've always had great respect for their engineers.
Okay,
I've had questions about their corporate leadership, a certain lawsuit
comes
to mind (smile), but that was a completely different leadership team.
That
was a different owner and a different CEO. Vector has an outstanding
reputation. John Blake has shown great leadership and concern for the
customer. Under this new leadership and available resources, I'm ready to
take that and do whatever it takes to have the best possible solutions for
our customers, for every low vision and blind person out there.
People may be concerned about lack of competition causing innovation and
quality to suffer. Nothing can be further from the truth. There is still
plenty of competition out there, including free options but we have the
determination and drive, starting at the corporate level all they way down
to provide the best quality products, hands down. Yes, this will take
some
time to prove but I'm hoping that everyone out there will give us that
opportunity. Again, I'm putting everything I have into this venture and I
wouldn't do that if I didn't believe in it.
Regards,
Doug
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