Joel, I agree that in this case, the product announcement really didn't tell anything about what the product actually does.
So insofar as criticism of the quality of the product announcement goes, I wholly agree. Insofar as criticism made solely due to a product announcement being posted is another thing, and should be governed by whatever rules have been setup for the listserv. John P. Baker Chief Software Architect HFD Technologies -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Joel C. Ewing Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 9:40 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Product Announcement Policy If you look at some of the other objections to the original product announcement, those had to do with the presence of much marketing doublespeak which didn't give a clue what the product really did. Considering the technical nature of this list, it would be more appropriate to dispense with the c--p directed to clueless management types and get immediately to the point, so it would be obvious whether further reading was a useful expenditure of time. I read through the whole post only because I was morbidly curious whether it would set a new record for how long it took to get a clue whether the product had any relevance. Joel C Ewing ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
