Greetings,
Seen on the VicugL group.
From: Harry Brown <wd8oep2464@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:40:55 -0400
Hi all,
Got this off the blind bargains all news and views page.
"The following was posted by AI Squared's Doug Geoffrey on the Window-Eyes
Talk Email discussion list about the VFO acquisition of AI
Squared.
<http://www.blindbargains.com/b/15422>
We've included the complete message below.
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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