Allen,

On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:08:07 -0000, Allen Bauer  
<✉spicedham.codegear.com> wrote:

> I hate the lack of information too. I wish I could say more. But the
> cold hard reality is that if we divulge too much too soon, sales of the
> current product tank, layoffs happen, pay is cut and we are left with
> less people, less time, and more work.

ISTR a couple of years ago - when you were still Borland/DevCo/CodeGear -  
we were constantly told that everyone in the company wished they could say  
more (or even produce a roadmap) but we customers would just have to be  
patient.


Back then, of course, the sole impediment was that nasty SOX legislation.


   "Autres temps, Autres moeurs" ?   Or is it just  "Same old, Same old" ?




Turning your statement round, surely your management cannot think that  
giving /less/ information to your customers, will /increase/ the  
likelihood of them of them buying upgrades and /decrease/ the chances of  
them looking elsewhere for a longterm solution that they can rely on?


-- 
Paul Scott
Information Management Systems
Macclesfield, UK