Agreed. Cheers! --dawn On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 1:21 PM, George Land <george.l...@aptsolutions.net>wrote:
> I don't think anyone has a problem with Ed or anyone else contributing, > it's > just a case of being open about who he is. Knowing that he is an > Intersystems employee means that we can understand that he is knowledgable > about Cache but also, potentially, a little biased. Just as knowing that I > am Chairman of the U2 distributor for the UK tells you that I may be > reasonably well informed about U2 and Rocket and potentially a little > biased > as well. > > It all helps to let you read comments in context if you know the basics > about the person making them. > > George Land > APT Solutions Ltd > U2 UK Distributor > U2UG Board Member > > > On 13/04/2011 19:02, "Dawn Wolthuis" <dw...@tincat-group.com> wrote: > > > I'm late to the party on this thread, but I'll put in my two cents that > Ed > > is one of those go-to technical guys who knows a ton about MV. He has > helped > > me out many times. He doesn't seem like a marketing type to me at all > (less > > than I am, for example ;-) [and I clearly am not as marketing folks know > > better than to use smilies] > > > > As he said, he is an InterSystems employee, but I don't think that Ed is > a > > spy either. Similarly, I am an InterSystems customer and I am on this > list > > to pick up tidbits and be part of the MV community in this way, not to > harm > > the U2 community in any way. > > > > It would be good if there were an MV email list that spanned database > > providers, but in the absence of that, hopefully Ed will feel comfortable > > piping up here (looks like he has again). I stay quiet for weeks on end, > but > > every once in a while figure it is OK for me to speak up. cheers! > --dawn > > > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 12:45 PM, George Land > > <george.l...@aptsolutions.net>wrote: > > > >> This is a classic example of the issue that came up a few days ago about > >> people being open about who they are. > >> > >> Ed Clark posts from u...@edclark.net, there is also an Ed Clark who posts > >> about Cache in other places from an aol address, but then there is also > an > >> Ed Clark who has an Intersystems.com address. > >> > >> So come on Ed, who are you? Are you an Intersystems employee? If so > why > >> are you not open about it and say so? > >> > >> I make it quite clear that I sell U2, I make my bias obvious so people > can > >> judge my comments accordingly. If you are an Intersystems employee or > >> otherwise connected to Intersystems then say so and let people judge > your > >> comments in that context. > >> > >> George Land > >> APT Solutions Ltd > >> U2 UK Distributor > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> U2-Users mailing list > >> U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > >> http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > -- Dawn M. Wolthuis Take and give some delight today _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
