[DUG] Embarcadero emails

[Jolyon Smith]

"competencey"  <-  LOL at my own awkwardly apposite typographical error.  :)


On 13 May 2014 08:44, Jolyon Smith <jsmith at deltics.co.nz> wrote:

> Careful.  The last time I complained about this very thing (years ago -
> some things never change, let alone improve) I got attacked for attacking
> Embarcadero.  Expecting merely competencey and adequacy somehow gets you a
> reputation for being a whinger.  Not unique to, but for some reason a
> particularly noticeable problem in, the Delphi community.  ;)
>
> The excuse I got last time (and the time before that and the time before
> that... ) was that "Marketing use a different mailing list than the
> registered user list".  i.e. the right hand making excuses for the left
> hand as if there were no central, co-ordinating function available or even
> imaginable.
>
> Anyway, semi-rant-echo response to rant over.  :)
>
>
> On 12 May 2014 18:40, Jeremy Coulter <jscoulter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Is it just me or do other people get somewhat dismayed when you receive
>> emails from Embarcadero telling you about in this case "New features for
>> RAD/Delphi Application Development" and the whole thing is telling me about
>> a product I already own!!
>> Its a complete waist of resource and my time (having to read it). I don't
>> normally moan, but it seems a bit.....I hate to say it
>> but....incompetent....
>> This doesn't need to turn into a "yeah I think Embarcadero are stupid
>> because...." thing, but man, in my eyes, it does look good. my question is
>> "I am a registered user...how do you NOT know I am a registered user of the
>> product ??!!"
>>
>> Anyway....rant over :-)
>>
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