On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:51:32 -0600, Patrick O'Keefe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:59:15 -0600, Mark Zelden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > >>... >>Why would you expect them to mention it or stop advertising? Has any >>other company ever stopped advertising their product because of >>impending litigation? >>... > >I was questioning SHARE's apparent endorsement of the ad by sending it as >a SHARE email. I received an explanation off-list. I think I understand >SHARE's position in this, but I still find it a bit disconcerting. Too bad it was off-list. Inquiring minds want to know. > >1. The ad is for goods and services that, as near as I can tell, will not >be available unless and until the suit is decided in PSI's favor. > So you know that an injunction has been issued? I haven't been keeping up with the details. >2. This is the only ad I remember getting from SHARE that wasn't about >SHARE itself (although I might have just automatically deleted them >without remembering). I recall getting a few others. >It sort of feels to me like SHARE and SHARE members are being manipulated. >If I hadn't been reading IBM-Main I would not have been aware of this PSI >issue. As both a SHARE member and officier it bothers me SHARE is giving >(perhaps can give) only the vendor's comments. > I don't feel manipulated. I just looked at it like I would look at any other email ad - except I didn't hit the delete key right away because I have had some interest in this since I first heard about it. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - GITO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS and OS390 expert at http://searchDataCenter.com/ateExperts/ Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
