Re: ? Prevent bad IT investments?
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 > >