A lot has happenned since i first posted this blog entry. You all have your own views as to the right and wrong of the whole issue. That is good. Good is coming from all of this. Watch this space.

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I really can't believe this man anymore. Check out the nonsense reply i have just had to read. This was in response to the question why he never deals with me directly but instead asks his wife to talk to me.

-----Original Message-----
From: marc fleury [mailto:marc.fleury@jboss.org]
Sent: 13 May 2003 12:54
To: Alan Williamson; nathalie@jboss.org
Subject: RE: JDJ Readers' Choice Awards

Look alan,

I wake up this morning and I find that the poll is now at 1200 down from almost 2700 yesterday night. Meanwhile BEA has gone up to 2100.

I will tell you why I don't deal with you. For the past 3 years, the word "JBoss" has been missing from your magazine, for all intents and purposes. The JBoss Group developers made a name for our product despite lack of coverage in the press. The 2700 people who voted for us overall are not going to understand why they are not being counted.

You have always unfairly targeted JBoss, first by lack of coverage and now by silencing your "readers" that are voting for us. So do me a favor and don't come around here going "tut-tut" and giving me morality lessons when you are just another albeit indirectly salaried employee of BEA.

On top of invalidating our votes, I don't suppose you are going to give back the names we sent your way which JDJ will now exploit for its marketing. In case there is something I am missing and I sure hope it is the case please clarify asap.

marcf

He really does think we (or me) have it in for JBoss. Allegations aplenty here ... and the man doesn't even know me. What is he like? I have no idea where he is getting his figures from, because the JDJ votes have not been touched, so he's lying. Out and out lies. How can i trust this man? I can't.