Whe I see who was behind the project I think that something like that has happened, I just only hope that you will hire someone to give support to our small .net community :D
-- Jokin On 3/5/09, 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 >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- Jokin
