Re: webfacing and competing products

["Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ah!  thanks for saying that David.  This forum is one of my major learning
tools and if vendors are not allowed to discuss and explain their product  I
d be very disappointed.  
 
On the other hand I do not appreciate a vendor using the space to present a
sales pitch full of promises and grand scenarios.  
 
It must be tough for a vendor who lives and breathes his product to keep his
enthusiasm from showing.  When I read their claims I remember "When all you
have is a hammer every problem looks like a nail." 
 
 
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Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 6:23:52 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: webfacing and competing products
 
At , you wrote:
>Why is it OK for Joe to openly promote his product all the time (and with
>supporting mails from David) while the mere mention of their product by
>other vendors is frowned upon if not openly attacked?
 
First of all, Joe doesn't promote his product all the time ... and, unless 
it's in response to a question or discussion, it is *NOT* OK for Joe to 
promote his product. Joe happened to be one of two vendors participating 
in this thread. Had someone from IBM been participating to present the 
webfacing point of view, they would have been welcome to talk about it on 
the same terms that Joe did with PSC/400.
 
The point of the thread, as far as I could see, was a PERCEIVED 
misrepresentation of how a product work and what it did. Had Joe *NOT* 
been involved in the discussion, but someone representing webfacing was, I 
would have presented similar arguments. Joe's product and webfacing are 
more similar than the other product in question, IMHO.
 
All vendors are welcome to present their products when it is directly 
applicable to a discussion.
 
david