[nfb-talk] APPLICATION FOR LOAN

[Mike Freeman]

All: 

Let us have done with deluded thinking. We are a very small market and, therefore, what we do or do not do will have a negligible effect upon the general market. Apple emphasized accessibility in order not to lose out on the Massachusetts education market. What we buy or don't buy or what rehab has in disposable income will ultimately have little to do with what adaptive technology sellers will charge for their wares. 

We are a drop in the bucket. That's part of being a minority. 

Mike Freeman
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On Mar 7, 2013, at 13:01, "Eddie Salcido" <rednexican at socal.rr.com> wrote:

> Pete, I agree with you.  FS and the rest of the big cahunas will be
> yesterday's news if they don't adapt, but the sequester is a drop in the
> bucket and not even considered a spending cut, since it only decreases the
> amount of the increase.  Nothing is going to be cut from baseline budgeting
> and actually, the number is 44 Billion dollars by which the budget will be
> reduced.  That isn't even one percent of the GDP each year, so I doubt very
> much if rehab agencies will be affected significantly.  All this is to say
> that unfortunately, things will continue as they are in adaptive tech for a
> while with regard to pricing structure, and Apple, if it continues to
> innovate, will be rewarded for its innovations in the market place.
> Eddie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Peter
> Donahue
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 10:17 AM
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] APPLICATION FOR LOAN
> 
> Hello Eddie and everyone,
> 
>    Perhaps the sequester will put this to the test. If rehab agencies won't
> have the kind of money they had to purchase access technology if the
> technology vendors want to survive they'll need to lower the prices of their
> products or come up with new ways to allow individuals to buy them directly
> instead of having a rehab agency purchase it for them. These technology
> vendors will need to adapt or they'll find themselves out of business.
> 
> Peter Donahue
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eddie Salcido" <rednexican at socal.rr.com>
> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 11:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] APPLICATION FOR LOAN
> 
> 
> I wouldn't say narrow market share is an excuse but as you said, it is part,
> not all of the explanation.  Rehab agencies are mandated to spend a certain
> amount of money and the adaptive tech vendors know this.  So naturally, they