Re: FS In Good Company
- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 08:46:25 -0700
Kelly,
I just looked at the article to which this link leads, and as you didn't
happen to mention, it's an old article from the AFB's Access world reporting
on the creation, not the takeover, of Freedom Scientific. Please reread the
article. It's long, but it's extremely well organized and very informative.
This Chandler person is described only as an individual with entrepreneurial
business interest who did not "go to Northridge," in the sense that means
here in Los angels, which is to attend school at California Sate University
at Northridge. He attended a CSUN assistive tech trade show at the hotels on
Century Boulevard near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), which isn't
"going to Northridge." Northridge is a community in the San Fernando Valley,
miles from there. . And he felt inspired to get involved in creating a
single company from the merging of the three familiar companies that
comprise FS. Blazie and H-J and Arkenstone. He did not "acquire" FS as an
investment from somewhere and then do something horrible to it. And nowhere
does it identify him as being related to the Chandler family that goes back
to the days of Harrison Gray Otis , the powerful L.A. Times ;publisher two
presided over the emergence of Los Angeles as a major metropolis in the late
19th century, nor of Otis Chandler, Dorothy Chandler, Harry Chandler, or any
other person in that legendary lineage. He's simply given as a guy named
Richard Chandler.
It's important to read these things carefully, not to draw hasty
conclusions. That was a story about the founding of Freedom Scientific, the
creation of it,, not about its ill-fated takeover by a bad person, or
something.
Okay, I'm out of this one now.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly Pierce" <kpierce2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 4:57 AM
Subject: Re: FS In Good Company
If a Google search is performed on the words
freedom scientific chandler
one will find a number of results including:
http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw020102
from the AFB. It described how Richard Chandler attended CSun one year,
found an interest in the adaptive technology industry, and connected with
some entrepreneurs who had started companies and wanted to cash out.
Kelly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: FS In Good Company
> I've read this passage over a few times, but I don't yet understand what
> it
> means. I'm familiar with the history of the Los Angeles Times, including
> the
> transfer of controlling interest from the Chandler family to the Tribune
> Company, a change I think has been very unfortunate for the times in
> terms
> of operating budget, first and foremost. Not quite catastrophic, but
> close
> to it. What I'd like to know is what do you mean by this sentence. Please
> understand, I'm not arguing with you. I'm saying I literally don't
> understand what you're saying, here. The passage says that the Chandler
> family formerly owned Freedom Scientific, and goes on to imply that you
> have
> a low opinion of the manner in which they managed it. So far as I'm
> aware,
> the Chandlers never have owned Freedom Scientific. Am I mistaken? Has
> this
> company been one of their holdings until now?
>
> Thanks.
>
> you wrote:
> somehow you think the Chandler family of Los Angeles, the former owner of
> Freedom Scientific, was just as good as Ted Hinter or Dean blazie and
> will
> be better than the Kuwaitis who bought it.
>
> -- I disagree. They combined a
> hardware company and a software company, which is rarely done in the
> technology industry, and never really took on the job of integrating
> products. they avoided the real work of product integration and
> apparently
> lost patience with FS as they did with the Tribune Company, recently
> forcing its sale. With Tribune, they weren't happy with 20 percent
> profits
> but a stagnant share price so they demanded liquidation.
>
> Kelly
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Norma A. Boge-Conyers" <naboge@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 6:19 PM
> Subject: Re: FS In Good Company
>
>
>>I was not concerned when the HJ products became part of FS. This sale,
>>however, does concern me. As a JFW owner (along with a couple of FS
>>notetakers) I am concerned about technical support, updates as free from
>>bugs as possible, cost containment, the whole bit. I wonder what
>>incentive the new owners will have to not only sell product but keep the
>>blind and VI community happy and informed customers. Will they even hire
>>blind folks or farm the tech support out to somebody in India? Will they
>>bother to send people to conventions and CSUN and the like? I know, so
>>many questions and no answers yet. But I feel these are things to think
>>about. Hopefully we will hear something official from FS soon regarding
>>these matters. Take care, Norma
>>
>>
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