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Or, on the other hand,  window-eyes had a more stable platform then JF W so, maybe that will spill over into fixing JF W's problem.

Jon

> On Jun 17, 2016, at 1:43 PM, Marcia Yale <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> And, in my opinion, it will ultimately mean that the lowest common
> denominator will become the norm--each company's problems will simply get
> bigger and will affect the other's products. I don't know how Window-Eyes
> fared on the version control front, but JFW tends to break one thing while
> fixing another, and I can see this leeching into the newly-acquired product
> streams.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Albert Ruel
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 12:00 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] FW: [acb-l] Huge News from the world of Adaptive
> Technology
> 
> With the earlier merger of Freedom Scientific and Optelec , it also means to
> competing lines of video magnification equipment.
> 
> Thx, Albert
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jun 14, 2016, at 8:42 AM, Ana G <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure I understand the benefit of this merger. So now VFO Group owns
> two competing screen readers, two competing screen magnifiers, and two
> competing lines of braille displays. That sounds like VFO can raise prices
> or stop developing one of the competing lines in favor of the other.
> 
> 
>> On 6/14/2016 8:27 AM, Terri Hedgpeth wrote:
>> My conclusion from this announcement is that AIsquared couldn't cut it.
>> Don't kid yourselves, this means there will be fewer options to the
> blindness community. This buy out in my mind is likely due to a series of
> poor business and management decisions over the past few years by AISquared.
>> No attacks please, I am just giving my opinion.
>> Terri
>> 
>> Terri Hedgpeth, Ed.D.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jeanne Fike
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 8:05 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: [VICUG-L] FW: [acb-l] Huge News from the world of Adaptive
> Technology
>> 
>> For your information
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ray Campbell via acb-l [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 9:51 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask];
> [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; Blind Information Technology
> Specialists discussion list; [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: [acb-l] Huge News from the world of Adaptive Technology
>> 
>> All I can say right now is wow!  This is huge news from the world of
> Adaptive Technology and at least for me, very unexpected.  I haven't
> processed this fully yet to put my thoughts and opinions together on it.
>> 
>> 
>> AI Squared Joins VFO Group, read more here:
>> http://www.aisquared.com/news/ai-squared-joins-vfo/.
>> 
>> Ray Campbell
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