[pmmail-list] Finding PMMail/2 [Was: Fetch All Accounts Doesn't...]

[Carl Gehr]

Excuse me!  I was not having a bad day until YOU decided to pick a
fight!

Well, here's the process I went though.  WHERE are the:
 1)  Announcements for OS/2.
 2)  Product descriptions for OS/2.
 3)  The "current GA" for OS/2
 4)  Mentions of Beta for anything, OS/2 or otherwise!

Here are the URLs for BSW:
	http://www.blueprintsoftwareworks.com
It mentions OS/2, but all references and comments are about
"PMMail2000."

So...
Clicking on "PRODUCTS" takes you to:
	http://www.blueprintsoftwareworks.com/products.html
Again, no mention of any PMMail other than 2000.

Clicking on PMMail2000 takes you to:
	http://www.blueprintsoftwareworks.com/pmmail/index.html
Yes, "OS/2" is mentioned, but no way to get to a description of the
product.

There is no SEARCH facility, so there's no help there!

And, since you brought up IBM, I certainly do NOT defend their
marketing of OS/2.  It was abominable!  But, on the other hand, if I go
to:
	http://www.ibm.com
and SEARCH for "OS/2" [upper right corner of the page]

I get:
	"1 - 10 out of 100 listings"
And, #6 and #7 provide:
	"IBM Software:Operating Systems:OS/2 Warp:Overview
and
	"IBM Software:Operating Systems:OS/2 Warp:News

Now maybe they are not going to any effort to market OS/2.  But at
least they are not HIDDING information about it.

And, as far as:
	"It was announced here several times."
...well, I have not seen any such announcement.  When was it announced?
 Please send/post a copy of the announcement if you have it.  Maybe it
will contain a pointer to some information about the product.

And,...
	"Pay more attention to announcements and the web site."
Well, I don't have time to spend watching their web site.  I PAID them
for multiple licenses!  The least they could do is NOTIFY me when there
is such an announcement.  [FWIW, IBM sends me an E-Mail of their
announcements every week, tailored to my interests.  Wouldn't it be
nice if BSW would send JUST ONE message to their PAID licensees?  I
don't think that would tax them too much.]

	"BSW is really something different"
Well, the certainly are!  SouthSoft used to provide links directly to:
 1) Version History
 2) Utilities
 3) Known bugs
So, I guess, just to be "different" BSW is NOT providing such support.

I will acknowledge that the SUPPORT link can be followed to a list of
FAQs for OS/2.  But none of the above items are addressed.  [Go there
and just do a FIND...]

So, before you divert attention from the real issue, try the links I
have provided above.  If you see something different, please send the
sequence of links [as I provided for you] so others who might be
interested can find the information also.  
   [Ref:  Bruce Francis post:  
	  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 14:26:39 -0400 (EDT)]

May you also have an nice day...


On Sat, 11 Aug 2001 19:27:10 +0200 (MSZ), Boris Kirkorowicz wrote:

>On Sat, 11 Aug 2001 12:45:39 -0400 (EDT), Carl Gehr wrote:
>
>>FYI:  I am using PMMail/2 2.10.2010 on Warp4, FP12.  I see you are
>>using PMMail 2.20.2300 for OS/2 Warp 4.5.  I was not even aware of this
>>new release!  
>
>Pay more attention to announcements and the web site.
>
>
>><Rant On>
>>And, trying to find it on the vendor's Web site, the OS/2 version of
>>PMMail is NOT EVEN LISTED AS AN OPTION!
>
>Sure it is: it is listed as a beta, directly below the current GA that
>you have.
>
>
>> I guess that, since the
>>product was transferred to them from SouthSoft, they don't really care
>>about us any more...  
>
>Had a bad day? Cool down and look twice.
>
>
>>	*  No notice to paid up users!
>>	*  No mention of 'our' version as being available!
>
>It was announced here several times.
>
>
>>Is this another case of self fulfilling prophesy:  We don't tell people
>>about the product... We don't sell many... We don't spend time
>>advertising the product... We don't sell many... etc., etc., . . .
>
>You are speaking of IBM, aren't you? Theis work is so much secret that
>even they by themselves don't know about... Example? Well, the last one
>might be Desktop On-Call, develdoped in Japan, and nobody at IBM in the
>U.S. did know this product.
>
>OK., but BSW is really something different.
>
>
>><Rant Off>
>
>Thank you. ;->)
>
>
>
>
>
>Gruá                              Greetings
>          Boris Kirkorowicz
>
>
>
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