Re: Notice: False Review on Amazon.com of e-RPG book -- MIDRANGE-L

At 12:07 PM 7/7/00 -0500, you wrote:

I have now managed to get a post in, and want to confirm that Brad and I 
have spoken, and that whoever posted this in my name was trying to pull off 
a bad prank, or worse.  Maybe it's time for e-signatures?

Although I have been known to be harsh with brain dead organizations and 
corporations who refuse to dummy up and become more profitable with greater 
industry market share, I have never tried to be harsh on this list.

If I see something that I strongly disagree with, I will say so, 
politely.  If I have a real beef with someone, I will either send private 
e-mail, or arrange for a phone call when and where possible.

Although I once may have had excellent credentials in the area of RPG III, 
since the inception of ILE, I have chosen to concentrate more in the areas 
of work management, database and save/restore.  I do not consider myself 
knowledgeable enough to make comments like this, even if I thought that 
they were true.  I have not read the book.

I find this to be truly regrettable.  If anyone knows how to trace the 
poster of this information, I would appreciate the information.

Al - in London - it's cold here!

>This mail is to inform everyone that a review of my e-RPG book that says is
>by Al Barsa is false, and was not posted by Al Barsa or are these his views
>in the least bit.  The link is:
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ts/book-customer-reviews/1583470085/002-70
>82495-2949663
>
>The review is as follows:
>
>--- begin quote ---
>"Reviewer: Al Barsa from USA
>Maybe I expected more, but this book really did not provide a very good
>insight into the complexities of building e-commerce.
>Rather it seemed to promote what could be done with RPG Programming Language
>and suggest this was sufficient.
>The book requires a leap of faith to believe that what is delivered is a
>good solution. There is no justification to the approach apart from that the
>programming language is RPG and the implication is RPG is good.
>Hopefully the AS/400 programming community will ignore this book and build
>real e-commerce solutions"
>----- end of quote -----
>
>I have been in contact with Al and he wants it to be known that he did not
>post this.  Al is in London right now visiting family and can't post to this
>list, so he wanted me to pass along this information.  He will confirm this
>message as soon as he returns.
>
>If anyone has any contacts at Amazon and can help us find the IP address of
>the person that posted this, or to simply get it removed, it would be a
>great help.  We are working to get this review removed as well, as it is no
>doubt a joke in very poor taste that doesn't help the book, Al, myself, or
>the AS/400 community as a whole.
>
>Thanks,
>Brad



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Al Barsa, Jr. - Account for Midrange-L
Barsa Consulting, LLC.  
400 > 390

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