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[Ron Kracht]

Bill Campbell wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2007, Kenneth Brody wrote:
>   
>> Quoting Fairlight (Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:29:11 -0400):
>>
>>     
>>> Only Ron Kracht would say something like:
>>>       
>>>> You might want to call them and find out.  A direct phone call has a lot
>>>> more likelihood of finding definitive information, or even influencing
>>>> policy, than a posting in the mailing list.
>>>>         
>>> There's a problem I've had with fP-Tech (and other companies) for ages.
>>> Lack of transparency.
>>>
>>> It's always, "Well call and find out."  And you have no assurance that when
>>> 'x' party calls, they get the same deal as 'y' party.  There's no assurance
>>> that nobody's getting either the shaft or preferential treatment.  There's
>>> no public, set policy.  Now, the company either has one or they don't.  If
>>> they do, then why isn't it made public knowledge?
>>>       
>> [...]
>>
>> Well, you have to remember that this mailing list is not an "official"
>> fPTech method of communication.  We frequent here because we recognize
>> the value of this list.  If you don't like the "lack of transparency"
>> of contacting fPTech via private e-mail or telephone, then why not use
>> an "official" public forum, like fptechforum.com?
>>     
>
> I've always thought that one of the advantages of this, and other
> mailing lists which are *NOT* in any way tied to a vendor, is
> that there' no institutional bias in the lists.
>
> Bill
>   
And anyone reading the list knows clearly that is true here :)

Of course if you want the official position of the company you'd be best 
served looking, or asking, in an official forum or through direct 
contact. The same thing would be true if you wanted to influence a 
decision that had yet to be made.  As far as I know no decision about 
the issue that was raised has been made, and I suspect the question is 
premature given that SCO is still operating and still supporting the 
operating systems in question, but I'm not in the loop for sales and 
marketing decisions that do not have a technical aspect to them.