----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wes Modes" <wmo...@ucsc.edu> > > Hi, I received a suggestion from Baron Schwartz that I consider your > company for consulting advice as a solution to an enquiry I made to > the MySQL list. I did not respond to Baron Schwartz and now I receive > this email from an account executive. I don not think I am alone is > believing poaching the list is unethical. > > Please feel free to have your experts offer suggestions and advice, > but having those experts directly passing contacts on to sales execs does > not feel okay. Using the MySQL lists as a honey pot for sales > opportunities is not why the list exist.
I'm slightly in two minds, here. On the one hand, yes, the list isn't made for being poached. On the other hand, it is my experience that Percona is very liberal in dispensing free - and good - advice here. Your recent enquiry is not an obvious thing, however. Percona is still a business, and your problem is unlikely to be solved just like that - it seems appropriate for them to offer their services. The sales guy might've waited a bit longer to see if you responded, but it still doesn't feel all that pushy, to me. You say you haven't answered, yet; so you also haven't quite told them that you're /not/ in the market, either :-) I'm sure a simple "no, not right now" is sufficient, if you're not interested. -- Bier met grenadyn Is als mosterd by den wyn Sy die't drinkt, is eene kwezel Hy die't drinkt, is ras een ezel -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
