We’ll need everyone’s help as we move forward!

I just realized that I commented on other issues upthread but didn’t congratulate you. I know it’s late in the game, but did want to tell you how great I think the news is. Jane & Christy are building a great team and you make a wonderful addition in your “official” capacity.

I was very troubled by the way Jane’s name was bandied about over that incident in August. And I’ve seen some pot shots taken at Christy, as well. I’m glad there will be someone like you watching FDL’s back and building media relations – particularly in the weeks and months to come.

and you are missed here!

But I would be remiss indeed if I didn’t pop in to give warm wishes for more great success to siun –

Bless you, my dear! In this age of p.r. spin, it sometimes seems like the whole industry and its affiliated press “perception managment” operations serves more often than not as the left hand of the devil.

But you show what integrity is all about! And an energy which lifts up others — with optimism and a profound respect.

My hat’s off to you, my dear! [And I just may email this to you later on the reasonable chance that you don’t come back to a dead thread.]

Congratulations Siun! Seems like a smart move to me, and shows the growing influence of this forum…

Speaking of marketing, as you were in reference to Apple and the truth—at one of the many Tech companies I worked, we were slammed, and ultimately lost our market leadership when we shipped a board that didn’t work.

That’s not the bad part. What sucked was we were directed to lie loud and often about the error. We denied the problem and blamed our competition, which was about as stupid as can be imagined. We didn’t tell our market that we’d screwed up and were going to ship a fix and gosh we’re sorry.

What happened was 3Com and Intel ate our lunch and one year latter we had crashed from market leader to a distant number three, never to recover. Humbling, we all lost our jobs, and I learned a lot about integrity.