Re: CGIDEV2 - Nice to see vendors hopping all over this..

[Tom Jedrzejewicz <tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/1/05, Art Tostaine, Jr. <atostaine@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tom:
> 
> My customers are happy user of Brad's products. Brad is a stand up guy and a
> professional vendor. Your comments are directed at the wrong person. Brad
> pointed out inaccuracies in their emails. Seems harmless to me. He didn't
> even mention the company. I don't think he needed to mention he sells
> software too to make his point.

I have no doubt that Mr. Stone is a stand-up guy.  But he didn't just
correct an error he assumed motivation and made insinuations about
ethics.  The fact that he didn't mention the company means little
except that he

Mentioning that he is a vendor is not to bolster his point.  His
criticisms (and ethical implications) take a different light when one
realizes that he makes money off of the product about which the vendor
was raising doubts.

> BTW, I don't think many people who participate on this list don't know what
> Brad does.

There is something to be said for that, although I support more active
disclosure of "prejudicial" information.  That said, there was a web
link under his signature in the original message, so I think the
benefit of the doubt is due here as well.

--> Brad, my apologies for my own poorly considered remark.

> Finally, since you're using a GMAIL address, care to disclose where you're
> coming from?

Fair enough.  I am an iSeries programmer and IS Manager for a small
distribution company in Southern California.  We have used CGIDEV2 for
a few projects, and no other development environment or toolkit.  I
have no ax to grind.