Find the Trojan Horse and whip him proper! LOL. On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Erik Hatcher <e...@ehatchersolutions.com>wrote:
> First of all... I humbly apologize to the community for my company's > ridiculous "marketing" (spamming) effort here. I myself got 4 copies of the > mail, and the first one I saw I e-mailed our real marketing person (not the > marketing firm that sent the mail) and let them know how unhappy I was with > it. I noticed the misspelling right away, and typos in official > communications drives me personally nuts. It was sent without me or the > other community members that work for Lucid having proof read it or > authorizing any of the addresses it went to. I'm not sure how they culled > the list of addresses it was sent to - but obviously pulled from the > community somehow. > > On behalf of Lucid - I'm sorry. > > In an attempt at a little damage control, please look past the marketing > faux pas and realize that Lucid is made up of techies that are right here on > these mailing lists and care strongly about bettering the entire Lucene open > source ecosystem. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not > hesitate to contact me (and I'll pass anything you'd like up to our > management team). > > Eric [sic] :) > > > > > > > On Mar 5, 2009, at 6:44 AM, Hugh Spiller wrote: > > Yes, they spammed me too, and they spell 'Lucen' wrong, so it's a >> brilliant first impression. >> >> ________________________________ >> >> Hugh Spiller >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Nic Wise [mailto:nic.w...@bbc.com] >> Sent: 05 March 2009 11:42 >> To: lucene-net-user@incubator.apache.org >> Subject: Anyone else get the email from Lucid Imagination? >> >> Eg: >> >> --------------- >> >> Dear XXXX, >> The purpose of this email is to introduce you to Lucid Imagination, a >> new company that was launched on Jan 26, 2009. >> >> Lucid provides commercial support for the Lucen/Solr deployments at >> companies like: AOL, Apple, Comcast Interactive Media, and Zappos. >> >> --------------- >> >> This is the only list I subscribe to with my work address, so I'm >> guessing they harvested it from here somehow? >> >> Anyone else get these? Atleast they have an auto-unsub option.... >> >> Cheers >> >> N >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This email and any attachments are confidential and are for the use of the >> addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you must not use or disclose >> the contents to any other person. Please immediately notify the sender and >> delete the email. Statements and opinions expressed here may not represent >> those of the company. Email correspondence is monitored by the company. This >> information may be subject to Export Control Regulation. You are obliged to >> comply with such Regulations >> >> The parent company of the Renishaw Group is Renishaw plc, registered in >> England no. 1106260. Registered Office: New Mills, Wotton-under-Edge, >> Gloucestershire, GL12 8JR, United Kingdom. Tel +44 (0) 1453 524524 >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >
