>>Is this company completely incapable of communicating with customers and prospective customers on its own? Just wondering. It always seems to be some herald making announcements on their behalf.
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>Don't get me started...
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>So, still we only hear from Boudewijn, not them! WEEEEEEEKS have gone by... and nothing from eTec (at least so little it's pitiful).
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>They are still missing the point: Community members EXPECT to hear from the REAL company, not some tid-bit news fed to one insider. As much as he is a fanboy of this product, he is NOT eTec (but thanks to hime for what he does, since that is all we are getting right now.)
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>We've all (that are following this product) been giving them things to consider for months now (about the web site, marketing, news update, or even a little bit of news from the company). What have they done with that?
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>So, like before, nothing has changed.
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>Nothing!
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>I'm tired of hearing about how busy they are working on the product, and they just don't have time for some PR work.
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>(Let me turn on my bold, say-it-slow-and-loud typing:)
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> " IF THEY HAD A BRAIN THEY WOULD DO COMMNUNITY NEWS FROM THEMSELEVES WITH GREATER FREQUENCY "

Exactly. Even if I wanted to cling to VFP, which I don't, I wouldn't trust this company as far as I could throw them. It strikes me as the classic case of having to worry about one guy getting hit by a bus.