Re: ? Prevent bad IT investments?
Actually you said "pimping out the IIUG mailing list". Art Art S. Kagel Oninit (www.oninit.com) IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Oninit, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly or implicitly. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Ian Michael Gumby <im_gumby@hotmail.com>wrote: > Art, > I never said that they sold the marketing list. > Just that they were pimping vendor rate. > > > > > ------------------------------ > From: art.kagel@gmail.com > Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:18:35 -0500 > Subject: Re: ? Prevent bad IT investments? > To: im_gumby@hotmail.com > CC: informix-list@iiug.org > > > Noone's "pimped out" the IIUG mailing list. We NEVER give the list to > ANYONE, not even IBM gets that list. Not even the four current and five > former BOD members who provide charged services to the community in addition > to their volunteer work have access to use that mailing list. The privacy > of the IIUG mailing list is sacrosanct. > > As for VendorRate and the recent email advertisement, the IIUG sent out > that email blast as it does all such emails for our partners and sponsors. > VendorRate is an IIUG partner. They get the equivalent of the lowest > sponsor's privileges, which includes a number of email blasts annually, in > exchange for services rendered to the organization, the specifics of which > is Board of Directors' business. Suffice it to say that we get value for > value. > > If you don't want to pay VendorRate for the right to see their full > reporting, don't. Simple. Don't whine about it. > > Art > > Art S. Kagel > Oninit (www.oninit.com) > IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) > > Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions > and do not reflect on my employer, Oninit, the IIUG, nor any other > organization with which I am associated either explicitly or implicitly. > Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated > with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities > themselves. > > > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Ian Michael Gumby <im_gumby@hotmail.com>wrote: > > Ok, > > I understand that the IIUG needs to make some money to cover the short fall > in IBM 'marketing' dollars. > > But pimping out the IIUG mailing list to Vendor Rate? > > C'mon! > > I guess OnePoint (Ron) or Oninit (Paul) either couldn't/wouldn't stump up > the cash for the mailing, > or they didn't meet Stuart's strict requirements. :-) > > Seriously, I do think that Vendor Rate is worth $129 a year? I mean no > offense to the company willing to spend $$$ to advertise via the IIUG, but > c'mon lets get real. > > Anytime I have had a question about hardware/software, I tend to ask people > that I trust. > (Like posting questions about SSDs here). > > Why can't we ask Sun Micro to advertise here? I mean if the EU continues to > block the Oracle deal, that will mean that they will have to find another > suitor. I'm thinking Cisco would be a great fit. ;-) > > But hey! What do I know? Its not like Larry Ellison couldn't afford to > bribe the EU decision makers. (No, I'm not saying that he would or that they > would accept the bribe, just that he's got the billions to make it happen. > ;-) (Oh and you think IBM is the only company that has senior execs that > get arrested for insider trading or bribing officials? Ok... add Intel to > that list too. 8^0 ) > [Its a joke people!] > > -G > > > ------------------------------ > Bing brings you maps, menus, and reviews organized in one place. Try it > now.<http://www.bing.com/search?q=restaurants&form=MFESRP&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MFESRP_Local_MapsMenu_Resturants_1x1>; > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > > > ------------------------------ > Find the right PC with Windows 7 and Windows Live. Learn more.<http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/pc-scout/laptop-set-criteria.aspx?cbid=wl&filt=200,2400,10,19,1,3,1,7,50,650,2,12,0,1000&cat=1,2,3,4,5,6&brands=5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16&addf=4,5,9&ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen2:112009>; >