Shane wrote:
Mmmm - sign of the times I'm afraid. At least Norman now (sometimes)
includes his association with the vendor in question.
A question was asked, he responded.
When questions get raised here, sometimes products get dumped on, so
vendors defending/promoting their products also must be expected.
I prefer they react here (in public) rather than complaining/threatening
in private.
I can certainly understand where reasonable people might have differing
opinions about what's "appropriate" for this forum.
The paragraph I quoted looked to me like it was lifted straight out of a
marketing brochure. And, in all the years I've been in this business,
I've never heard *anyone* outside of a marketing department use the
phrase "world class" to describe their software. Norm used this phrase
-- not once, but twice -- in two different related posts! (Bela Oxmyx
would likely assume he's in for a "piece of the action".)
I realize it's a fine line ISVs tread within an open technical
discussion. I try not to cross it (don't know if I'm always successful)
as did the late Bruce Black, and as do Chris Craddock, Wayne Driscoll,
Rob Scott, Bob Shannon, Tom Harper, Scott Fagen, Steve Pryor, Martin
Treubner, Dave Cole, Tom Marchant, and other ISV regulars on this list.
And, while their software might indeed be considered "world class" by
their customers, I've never heard any of them describe it that way on
IBM-MAIN!
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Edward E Jaffe
Phoenix Software International, Inc
5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90045
310-338-0400 x318
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