FP was not at SCOForum... why not?

[Enrique Arredondo]

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From: "Fairlight" <fairlite at fairlite.com>
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Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: FP was not at SCOForum... why not?


> Only Walter Vaughan would say something like:
>> It is kinda wierd that someone in charge of Marketing hasn't spoken up
>> about this. It could be
>> 1) simple as a health/family issue at the last
>> moment
>> 2) they realized that the odds of selling any new licenses was
>> not possible
>> 3) since filePro64 has not been released yet, all they
>> would be doing is listening to existing developers wine about issues
>> 4) they weren't going to be invited to speak during the "SCO Database
>> Primer:  Which Database Is Right For Your Environment?" seminar. Were
>> they even mentioned?
>> 5) they were in Vegas, however they decided
>> to attend the "International Guild Of Celebrity Impersonators And
>> Tribute Artists, Inc." which was held at the Stardust Resort & C4$1n0
>> (http://www.igcita.org/)
>
> The last person in charge of Marketing that I knew held the official
> position is gone.  Lee Machan is no longer with fP-Tech, last I heard.
>
> I find it far more odd that the company, with at least two representative
> employees (I think four, actually, assuming Bill and Ron are still 
> subbed),
> cannot see fit to answer the question in their own "backyard" on the
> mailing list even in an unofficial capacity, than I do that they didn't
> make the forum.  The lack of communication from the company is 
> ridiculously
> astounding.  Is anyone -at- the helm?
>
> However, I heard reports that they're pre-invoicing people for 5.6--people
> that haven't even ordered it.  So apparently -some- communications 
> channels
> selectively work yet.  Anyone actually have this happen to them--getting 
> an
> unsolicited invoice or notice of inbound invoice for an upgrade they never
> ordered?  Anyone else hear of this happening?
>
> mark->
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The clock is ticking.....and can't stop time....I hope filepro wakes up and 
starts working with MySQL as their main database (without ODBC) before it's 
too late. And make a partnership with Novell or REDHAT for filepro 
distribution Just my point of view.