On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 10:16:27AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Actually it's not a Microsoft reaction, I think. I know many re-sellers
> that chop MS into pieces all the time, publicly and privately. None of them
> have lost rights to do business with MS or had their MCSE's or MCSD's
> revoked. Money is Money...
> When you sponser a public forum such as this, you must expect to
> take a little heat on occasion. It's the reaction to the heat that
> determines the mettle of those involved. Taking the ball and going
> home is rarely the best solution for any of the parties in the game.
At the risk of repeating myself:
e-smith's official response to Darrell's complaints on the devinfo list
was my follow-up pointing out that devinfo is not an official support
channel and that he should have sent his support request to
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We are not babies. We do not go into a sulk and cut off business
relationships just because someone says something on a mailing list.
> It would be to e-smith's advantage to not do this sort of thing in public
> in the future, as it makes them look very bad, no matter what happened
> behind the scenes.
I would point out that it's Darrell who raised the issue of his business
relationship with e-smith in this public forum. e-smith have better
business ethics than to air dirty linen in public.
> I, for one, have been in contact with e-smith about setting up a
> partnership agreement. I will have to let a little time go by and
> see how things play out because of this little brouhaha. I'm sure
> I'm not the only one in this position at this time.
I'm sure you, and anyone else in your situation, will soon realise that
this isolated incident is not so much a reflection on our Partner
program in general, which as you know is pretty solid, but on one
particular business relationship that didn't work out. We look forward
to having you come onboard in the fullness of time :)
K.
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