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>>Do you think it worth bombarding this sales reps email with a little straight forward talk about Foxpro?? *G*
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>>Why? What did the guy write in his letter that was inaccurate? FWIW, I think the guy is smart. He sees a potential market and is bringing forth compelling reasons for individuals in that market to buy his services.
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>>What is wrong with that?
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>I don't recall what the actual script was that was stated but from what I recall, it was a general assumption that ALL versions of foxpro would not run under W2K. I think that is where it becomes really vague. If it had been prefaced with earlier versions of Foxpro then I could agree with it but it was not accurate in that sense. I am running VFP apps with w2k and have not had any problems whatsoever. Granted I am only one person but one person does invalidate the general 'marketing' statement. Could then this marketing letter then be construed as libelous toward a product? I'm not sure if that is possible or not. I don't have the resources to actually check that in a law library for precedent.
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>I have no qualms about marketing a product or service, just make sure you can correctly justify the statements made in it.
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>As for the statement of flooding the sales reps email, wrong thing to do. More of a tongue in check response. But actually calling the company to inquire about their marketing approach would have been better suited. I'm more inclined to take a direct approach in situations like this to find out their thinking and if necessary, express my viewpoint of the matter.

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I beleive that there is a reponse from IT Factory on this issue that Cindy just posted under the title : IT Factory Incident