It all depends on how much $$$ you spend on advertising in their magazine!
--- Mike Willochell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 01:04 PM 12/23/2002 -0500, Robert Rugilo wrote: > >Well, All said and done, this is my OFFICIAL > request for the RBTI team: > > > >Guys whenever you feel to kick some ... please send > this blind people a > >copy of R:base, and if you guys will like to give > them a good case of > >heartburn, send them a 7.0 copy when it is > finished... > > Dear Robert; > > We appreciate your efforts to help R:BASE become a > household name again! > > Back in 2000, I actually contacted Ziff Davis > publications, and after much > nonsensical > reasoning, they accepted my offer to provide them > with a complimentary > version of > R:BASE to use in their product comparisons. I was > told, in not so many > words, that > it may or may not be included, and that they don't > necessarily use all the > available or > provided products when doing their articles. This > was a bit of a concern to > me because > I began to get the unmistakable feeling that the > articles were not as > inclusive as they > would lead you to believe. To this date, I have > never received any > correspondence nor > seen any document containing any information about > R:BASE in their magazines. > > You can bet that when 7.0 is released, whether they > like it or not, it will > turn some > heads. We are hoping at this point that they will at > least give us a fair > shake. Right > now, we must play conservatively because the GUI > interface on 6.5++ is > completely > functional, but pales in comparison to some other > products out there. R:BASE's > main and ongoing strength is how it can manipulate > and handle data. This is > the > true test of a program, but the interface people see > and interact with > leaves an > indelible impression. > > I would certainly hope that there is a popular and > highly regarded > publication out there > that would give R:BASE a fair and comprehensive > comparison against other > products > of the same caliber, rather than either sweeping > R:BASE under the rug, or > putting it > up against Oracle or one of the other Goliath > softwares of which R:BASE is not > intended to compete against. > > Best Regards, > > Mike Willochell > ------------------------------------------- > Michael Willochell > Director, Customer Support > R:BASE Technologies, Inc. > 3935 Old William Penn Highway > Murrysville, PA 15668-1854 > Phone: 724-733-0053 > FAX: 724-733-0196 > URL: www.rbase.com > Sales: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Support: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------- > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
