Well said Tom. -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+armando.maldonado0767=gmail....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Tom Kingston via Talk Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 11:34 AM To: Darrell Bowles; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: VFO acquisition of Ai Squared
We heard you the first 72 times! When are you going to take a break to call the Federal Trade Commission, the president, the United Nations, and NATO? Filing law suits, negotiations, legislative actions, and nuclear war all take time. On 6/14/2016 2:27 PM, Darrell Bowles via Talk wrote: > I have confidence in people, I do not haveconfidence in corporate giants. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 14, 2016, at 2:26 PM, Bill Tillery via Talk <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: >> >> Thank you Doug, >> >> As always you bring a commen sense and calming approach to inevitable >> changing in the field of accessibility. I, for one, am certainly willing to >> give the new venture a chance to work for everyone and, as always, have >> total confidence in all of you in this field to give it your best. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+trbft=mediacombb....@lists.window-eyes.com] >> On Behalf Of Doug Geoffray via Talk >> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 11:19 AM >> To: Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/trbft%40mediac >> ombb.net. >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/dgbowles%40msn .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 > _______________________________________________ > 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/tom.kingston%4 0charter.net. > 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 > _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. 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