On the http://fox.wikis.com";>FoxPro wiki, http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~PinnaclePublishing";>Alex
Feldstein documents the most recent of many problems with New Hill
Services, aka Eli Research, the latest purchasers of the FoxTalk
newsletter, originally from Pinnacle Publishing. (Disclosure: FoxTalk
published several articles of mine, starting in 1992 and ending in
2004). These people are just incredibly clumsy in the way they have
worked with the community which once supported the newsletters.
Terminating the editor, dropping or antagonizing their top-notch
contributing writers, harassing former subscribers and failing to
engage the community have ruined any chances of FoxTalk's recovery. I
wish they would just terminate the paper and spare us all the
embarassment.
Just this morning, I received an email announcing "Your latest FoxTalk
2.0 is Available Online!" Curious if they were giving away free online
content or offering a trial, I navigated to
http://osslogin.com/login/pin, which asked for a login and displayed
the Pinnacle (not Eli, not New Hill) logos and no links -- no "Who we
are," "Read our other publications," nothing. Really suspicious.
Examining the HTML source, there were no signs of foul play (it does
look like a phishing expedition, doesn't it?), so I tried the "forgot
your password" link and supplied my email address (I already get and
squash 500 spams a day, so one more wouldn't hurt). I promptly got an
email with my password, and attempted to log in. "Account Expired" it
told me, again with no other information or links. How annoying! If it
was expired, why send the email notice? And wouldn't this be a killer
opportunity to ask me to re-up? Nothing. Bozos.
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