Re: TMDA - Tagged Message Delivery Agent

I think Arthur's point wasn't that Dee shouldn't be advocating products he
sells, it was that he should be more open about the fact that he sells
them when he does advocate them. (hopefully I'm not misspeaking here
Arthur)

Regardless, let's let this one die.

Mike

On Wed, 5 Jul 2006, Adam bultman wrote:

> I can't tell if this is friendly ribbing, or actual acrimony.
>
> At any rate, I could care less if people write about things they sell,
> provided it's not product release form. We're all grown ups and can
> think for ourselves. If I need something, I evaluate all my options. I
> hadn't whipped out the checkbook yet for Dee's products, nor have I
> whipped out my checkbook for IBM's Power5 machines or AT&T services.
>
> Adam
>
>
>
> W.D.McKinney wrote:
>> _____
>> From: Arthur Corliss [mailto:acorliss@nevaeh-linux.org]
>> To: "W.D.McKinney" [mailto:deem@wdm.com]
>> Cc: aklug@aklug.org
>> Sent: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 08:54:54 -0800
>> Subject: Re: TMDA - Tagged Message Delivery Agent
>>
>> On Tue, 4 Jul 2006, W.D.McKinney wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Yes, you have an expensive appliance comprised of 90% open source software
>>> freely available elsewhere. Not sure I'd be bragging about that, Dee... ;-)
>>> The Barracuda firmware is not full of open source. You are speaking out with not knowing what it's using now.
>>> Be careful.
>>>
>>
>> It was the last time I looked at it. I really couldn't care if they've
>> finally replaced all that code with their own.
>>
>> In any event, I was trying to be nice and you're not getting the hint. Don't
>> be a shill. You sell them and you didn't disclose that fact before doing some
>> "product advocacy". You're hardly an unbiased source for any opinion on
>> Barracudas.
>>
>> Knock it off. This list is not meant for commercial use.
>>
>> OK, please don't put words in my mouth. This list is meant for Linux, so your past conversations about your pickup, etc., seem off topic also :-(
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -Dee
>>
>>
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