My guess is that things just come down to normal supply and demand. The customer demand has always been for JAWS. If there is no demand for a product, its business cannot grow. If it cannot grow, it cannot develop new products.
The old GW Micro was in financial trouble. To begin with - I thought the Office Deal was of dubious value. It sihgnaled that that paying customers were not meeting the cash flow requirements. And: whilst I was a fan of the SMA (I still have two counts) as a way of encouraging loyalty from indivivduals, the Office deal trashed that. So: we are left with what we have - for all the moaning - Freedom Scientific ran a better business. We have three free screen readers - Narrator whose development is progressing, NVDA with a loyal user base, and which is still being developed, and Window-eyes. The free screen readers which continue to be developed will get user support. But: none of them truly jmeet the modern professional's need for sophistication and customisation. Vaughan. n -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+vaughan.dodd001=msd.govt...@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Loy via Talk Sent: Monday, 8 May 2017 6:27 a.m. To: Darrell Bowles; Window-Eyes Discussion List Subject: Re: Future Of Window-Eyes My question is why would a company pay for a company that only has one product "Window Eyes" then shut down the product.? ----- Original Message ----- From: Darrell Bowles via Talk To: Dave ; Window-Eyes Discussion List Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2017 1:18 PM Subject: Re: Future Of Window-Eyes If the company had asked for a donation, I would have gladly given it. Sent from my iPhone > On May 7, 2017, at 1:15 PM, Dave via Talk <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: > > GW Micro must have been suffering from Cash Flow problems. The question > then is, how to attract more customers. The more customers, the better > the cash flow. > > I have suspected the Window Eyes program was due for a Re-write from the > ground up, but this costs lots of money, and can take a couple of years > to do it right. Not enough cash, and they ran out of time to do it. > > I doubt if there was anything the Users of Window Eyes could have done, > unless we all were willing to donate $500 to the cause, and even then, > it may not have been enough. > > Protesting and getting as many people to agree with you doesn't get much > in the long run, other than make all of the participants feel good about > themselves. However, the end result is nothing different than what has > taken place. > > I too wish it were different. > > Grumpy Dave > > > > -- > Dave <dlh...@centurylink.net> > > _______________________________________________ > 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/loyrg2845%40gmail.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/vaughan.dodd001%40msd.govt.nz. 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 ------------------------------- This email and any attachments may contain information that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or duplication of this email and attachments is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the author immediately and erase all copies of the email and attachments. The Ministry of Social Development accepts no responsibility for changes made to this message or attachments after transmission from the Ministry. ------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 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
