Yah, I was cracking a joke but I agree wholeheartedly - it's best to just move on and get over it. I won't be buying or recommending their products in the future. Since so many seem to feel the same way, I expect that will hurt them far more than a lawsuit would. Nothing kills your business faster than screwing with your existing (and up until recently) loyal customers.
They'll spend a lot more money and resources recovering from lost business and trying to find new suckers, er... I mean "valued customers". Their reputation might be too dinged up now. They're not THAT big or deep - I predict they'll get acquired within 2 years, or just go out with a whimper. It's not like there isn't a lot of low cost (and even free) alternatives available. It's obvious to me that they're taking the "Look at us, we're enterprise-capable, we're like Exchange!" approach because OSS and other "value point" competitors are eating their lunch. I've been looking at ClarkConnect for awhile... http://www.clarkconnect.com and like quite a bit about it. Sean -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Carter Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 11:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re[2]: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude and Ipswitch ICS So we have been baited for seven years?? And now the ol' Ipswitch-a-roo??? I know there is a lot of anger, frustration, etc., but the talk of legal action is a waste of bandwidth. I'm not happy either, but am not about to spend 10's of thousands to end up with (as someone said yesterday) a coupon for an Ipswitch product (probably WS-FTP LE! - I'm sure they have some old diskettes of that in a drawer someplace). John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R. Lee Heath Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:37 AM To: Sean Fahey Subject: Re[2]: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude and Ipswitch ICS Funny but sadly true. Definition: "A sales tactic in which a bargain-priced item is used to attract customers who are then encouraged to purchase a more expensive similar item." This is a punishable legal offense. I do think there is very clearly a basis for action against Ipswitch here. I do think that the efficacy of a lawsuit would be quite good, particularly a class action involving lots of abused customers. I think a Federal judge's opinion would land on the side of Imail users. That's just my own personal opinion, but I have spent millions in legal fees regarding my more than 30 patents. I think the definition above says a lot about what is happening here. -- Roger Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rleeheath.com ----- Copy of Original Message(s): ----- SF> So, you're saying this is an example of "bait and Ipswitch?" --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
