Boy are we idiots!!!
The answer has been staring us in the face all along........
VX wants to increase market share. SolidWorks is in the way.
People get real information from unmoderated newsgroups.
They make decisions based on what they hear in newsgroups.
Problem is that this newsgroup is full of intelligent people who use the software on a daily basis and want to help like minded individuals.
How do we get rid of them and promote alternative CAD software at the same time?
With a stroke of marketing brilliance!!!!!!
- We find two self absorbed individuals who do not posses one iota of decorum or social restraint.
- We have them drive the normal users of the newsgroup somewhere else by BORING THEM TO DEATH with constant off-topic discussions and personal attacks on each other.
- Any on topic subjects actually relating to SW the software can be turned into an off topic subjects simply by having one (or both) individuals repeatedly respond to each other.
- Plugging an on-topic thread with 15-30 off-topic responses pretty well renders it useless for human consumption.
- Do this day in and day out for several days,months,years I you will have effectively killed the newsgroup - problems solved - SW will go away. VX will be king of the hill.
Why do I know this?
Because there is no way that two individuals can be this stupid...... Besides, you can't type from a straight jacket .....
My guess is both individuals work out of the same office. As a matter-of-fact they are second cousins twice removed from some sort of illegal relationship. Betcha they swap sandwiches at lunch time and spend weekends at each others place exchanging recipes for the next family get together.
They don't have real jobs because anybody spending this much company time and bandwidth would be in series breach of their employement contract. I think the term is "With Cause".
Man, I feel better all ready........now where did I put those pink "happy" pills.
Len