I think this whole point of questioning Shawn's integrity in the first
place is ridiculous. How many years have we seen him doing reviews for
Interact? Has anyone ever had a problem with his ethics or integrity
before? If so, I've never heard about it.
In my opinion Shawn is an outstanding reviewer providing us all a valuable
service, and I for one applaud his ability to see a niche and produce
another product for the 3000. After all, competition will only mean higher
product quality for all of us.
my $.02
Jim
At 02:29 PM 2/26/98 -0700, Pat Sarkar wrote:
>I disagree with the position the other vendors are taking with respect to
>Shawn reviewing their products and then coming up with his own competing
>product - it is up to Interact to decide whether to publish Shawn's reviews
>or not. Isn't it natural for someone to come up with a better solution
>after evaluating existing solutions? Shawn is no journalist - would anyone
>question Pat Buchanan running for president just because he criticized
>competitors on national TV as a CNN CrossFire journalist? I guess the real
>question is who is going to review Shawn's product - I feel that Shawn
>should provide evaluation copies of TimeWarp to all other vendors who want
>to review his product and post their review of TimeWarp on this list. I
>think it is great for users when someone in the know creates another
>competing solution.
>
>Pat Sarkar
>----------
>> From: Michael L Gueterman <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Plug Alert: Y2K software
>> Date: Thursday, February 26, 1998 1:31 PM
>>
>> I tend to agree, a reviewer has an obligation to be un-biased, and
>> I can't see how that can be if they are producing a competing product.
>> I know that it can take several months from the time the review is
>> completed until it is published, but I would think that a product
>> such as this would have to be in the works longer than that amount
>> of time.
>> Shawn, would you care to comment on this?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Michael L Gueterman
>> Easy Does It Technologies
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>>
>> On Thursday, February 26, 1998 12:01 PM, Gavin Scott
>> [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote:
>> > Shawn Gordon writes:
>> > > S.M.Gordon & Associates is pleased to announce the release of
>> > > TimeWarp/3000, the newest entry in the world of HP3000 virtual
>> > > date/time
>> > > software.
>> >
>> > Gee. Is this something I need to start worrying about generally?
>> >
>> > We're contacted about providing a copy of our HourGlass product for
>> > a product review in Interact Magazine, and so we provide a pre-
>> > release
>> > early-access version of the software along with extensive technical
>> > support and information, and repeated extensions of the demonstration
>> > period for the reviewer.
>> >
>> > Since the same reviewer also wrote a review of our competitor's
>> > product,
>> > I can only assume that they also provided copies of their software
>> > and
>> > similar information to said reviewer.
>> >
>> > Now, a week after the review comes out in Interact, that same
>> > reviewer
>> > announces that he has developed a product with directly competes with
>> > both of the products he reviewed?
>> >
>> > I mean, what am I to think?
>> >
>> > G.
>
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