RE: one vs 1

Subject: RE: one vs 1
From: "Al Geist" <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>
To: "Techwr-l" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:43:44 -0400

Sarah Stegall wrote:

"PARTICULARLY if it's an idea from Marketing. I have never yet gotten
anything other than nonsense out of people who are trained to make up
fake words."

As someone who has worked both sides of the aisle, I'd say that you don't
know many marketing people. Most are doing their best to present your
company's products to customers when those same customers are being
inundated with competitors marketing. If they fail, you're out of work, so
next time you dump on marketing, try walking a few feet in their shoes. You
might find that they're not as uneducated as you make them out to be.

AND...as for making up fake words, you need to talk to the engineering staff
at one of the companies I contract for......

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References:
one vs 1: From: Deborah Hemstreet
Re: one vs 1: From: quills
RE: one vs 1: From: Sarah Stegall

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