Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!spool.mu.edu!think.com!linus!progress!wlb From: wlb@progress.COM (Warren Bare) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Yo! Ashton-Tate *** (was Re: Opinions Wanted re: Database Pkgs) Message-ID: <1991Feb14.182445.2248@progress.com> Date: 14 Feb 91 18:24:45 GMT References: <1991Feb7.223244.253@wynnds.xenitec.on.ca> <1991Feb12.192735.4141@dbase.A-T.COM> Sender: news@progress.com (The News User) Organization: Progress Software Corp., Bedford, MA Lines: 49 Nntp-Posting-Host: wlb awd@dbase.A-T.COM (Alastair Dallas) writes: [...] Commercial message deleted [...] >Disclaimer> This blatant commercial message was brought to you by me. Dear Alastair et al at Ashton-Tate: We recently did a survey in comp.d about how net users feel about posting this stuff on the net. As a matter of fact I posted the original call for opinions because I was seeing several posts from Ashton-Tate along these lines. The basic fact is that if everybody who has good products answered each call with a post, this group would get out of hand. Please read the following post which appeared a few weeks ago... >Summary of Question: > >How do you feel about 4GL/database vendors answering the question >"Who has a so and so that can do this..." in comp.databases as >opposed to mailing to the original poster. > >Results: > >Not surprisingly, the majority of the database users liked to see >the responses in c.d. On the other hand, the actual vendors did >not want to see bandwidth used on "I can do this, and I can do this, >and I can do this...". Overall the "don't post it" group had more >votes. > >It seems the general thrust of the mail was that people should e-mail >responses to the original poster and s/he should post a summary. If >the original mailer does not say that s/he will post a summary and you >want to see one then ask him/her to post a summary (you are probably not >the only one who wants to see it). Please also note that the original poster of the news you are replying to DID say that a follow up to the e-mail would be posted. If you think I am being unreasonable, please feel free to flame away at my e-mail or send any kind of comments. Thanks, Warren --------------------------------------------------------------------- Opinions are my own - not those of Progress Software. Warren L. Bare UUCP: mit-eddie!progress!wlb Progress Software Corp. Internet: wlb@progress.com 5 Oak Park FAX: 1 617 275 4595 Bedford, MA 01730