OK, following your logic, this list is full of newbies, and the public masses out on the web are not? I think a more accurate picture would be a list full of people who use Witango and the public masses who don't even know what it is.
As a relative newbie (and proud of it!), I can't say what proper protocol for announcing to developers should be. But as a communications professional, I can say that the way Witango treats their developer community is piss-poor at best. Instead of returning legitimate answers to legitimate questions, personal attacks and accusations have been leveled in a mean-spirited attempt to deflect any heat or criticism. This is a base and very transparent political tactic, and it will quickly rot away the heart of any community. It does amaze me that the only communication received from Witango directly in the days surrounding beta launch begins defensively, chastising members for simply vocalizing their concerns. Maybe this is SOP in Australia, but it is simply rude in this country. Bottom line, if you want to stop the questions, give a respectful and legitimate answer. Chris > Don't jump to conclusions too quickly, Mark. > > Maybe they just don't want to be swamped by newbies who would be of limited > value as testers (not to say the list of full of newbies). Maybe they > finished their work day before being able to announce it. Who knows. > > - James. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Bushaw > Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 11:24 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk > Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: W5 News > > Nice of Wit-an-go to notify all the loyal developers on this list that the > Public Beta > is available. > I guess With is trying very hard to grow beyond this community. Maybe we > should take the hint, you know, the unreturned calls, the excuses about why > they > can't go on a date... yeah, I've had relationships like this before. > Maybe I'm just grumpy this morning, but I'm getting really tired of the > total lack of > timely communication. > Mark Bushaw > > On 9 Aug 2002 at 10:15, Stefan Gonick wrote: > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
