Lucky you do not work for me you are taking upway to much of my time. If you are going to do something get of the mail and go do it and then report back your results.
-----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+gbmagoo=gmail....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Darrell Bowles via Talk Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 05:21 To: Mike Pietruk <piet...@panix.com>; Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: Re: action by DOJ How do you all know what type of merger this is? Do you all work on the inside, and can say with insurances, that this is to consolidate rather than to eliminate? Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 16, 2016, at 7:40 AM, Mike Pietruk via Talk <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: > > Kim > > Great from hearing from someone who has a legal background on this. > And, taking this a step further, let's say the DOJ actually filed an > action to stop the merger. > That would cost VFO major dollars to defend which they likely don't have. > So, the deal falls through and (probably) AISquared goes under so who > is better off then? > This isn't a merger out of strength; this is a consolidation > necistated by attempted survival in an ever changing landscape and in > an economy which isn't exactly flourishing. > > > > > > I have a great need for Christ; I have a great Christ for my need. > Charles Spurgeon > > > > >> On Wed, 15 Jun 2016, Kim Lingo via Talk wrote: >> >> I would be very surprised if the Department of Justice does anything at all. >> First, this just happened. there is no actual showing of harm to the >> consumer yet. Second, there _are_ other screen readers out there. >> I'm thinking of Narrator, and something I've read about on this list called System Access. >> there may very well be more I don't know about. >> >> Also, this represents possible but not yet proven injury to a very >> small group of consumers in the over-all scheme of things. It's not >> exactly a headline grabber. Then there's budgetary considerations. >> My area of legal expertise before I retired was not anti-trust or >> consumer litigation. This was covered a bit thirty years ago when I >> was in law school. But you don't have to be a lawyer to figure this >> kind of thing out. We'll just have to wait and see what happens. I >> realize the federal trade commission, or the DOJ, can't do anything >> about this if they don't know; so I'm not telling anyone not to file >> a complaint. I'd just be very surprised if anything happened. >> Remember, there is something even more powerful than a verdict, an injunction, or a writ. That's the wallet. >> Kim Lingo >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/pietruk%40pani x.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/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/gbmagoo%40gmai l.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/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
