You should send that to the president of IPSwitch.  The tech support
guys seem to say "Uh yea, whatever... Next".

-Mark McDonald
Siteserver Account Executive

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 3:52 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] IMail Server 7.0 Upgrade Confusion


I think everyone appreciates the beta people like Ron and Scott going
out 
of their way to give us the details.  I know I really do, you guys
really 
do go the extra mile..

However ... why is it that IPswitch is sending out mass-mailings,
begging 
us to purchase essentially a grab-bag? "Give us a few hudred bucks, and 
we'll send you a treat!".  I'm not going to get all fanatical, and rant
and 
rave over Microsoft and IPSwitch tactics, but I do think it's important
for 
IPSwitch to remember a couple things.  One, you need to inform your 
customers on the details of the product, before expecting them to lay
out 
any finances.  Two, if you sell a service agreement, you really do need
to 
support your product.  The history of this list, and our customers' 
experiences suggest that you don't consistently do this, even with a 
service agreement. This type of ad-hoc support is fine for shareware,
but 
we're talking what you claim to be a enterprise-class mail server.

If the beta users are out from NDA, I see no reason that you can't
release 
an official *verbose* statement on the product features, fixes and 
advantages. This statement would preferably not include the "it's gonna
be 
real cool, and boy is it gonna cost you if you don't buy now!" tactics. 
Maybe even set up a demo server somewhere.

Sorry for the rant, I just see these beta guys going out of their way to

help the general populace out, and to do IPSwitch marketing's job, and
it 
urks me.

*preparing to be flamed*

Jonathan


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