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I continue to be impressed with the license Adobe gives their official representative. This is not the first unprofessional reaction I've seen on this blog. Yes
by houseabsolute 17y ago
I continue to be impressed with the license Adobe gives their official representative. This is not the first unprofessional reaction I've seen on this blog. Yes, it is understandable. Is it wise? Maybe a better worded response could inflame the minds of the abused more effectively and not sound like a temper tantrum.
- smackfu 17y agoThe professional thing is to have your lawyers slip changes into a legal agreement and to make no public statement on it. Which is worse?
- houseabsolute 17y agoFalse dichotomy.
- pyre 17y agoDon't assume that he's presenting Adobe's only alternate course of action. He's taking two different courses of action taken by two different companies and asking the reader to compare them.
- houseabsolute 17y agoThe problem is that his comment is totally irrelevant. Whether what Adobe is doing is better than what Apple is doing has zero bearing on whether it's the best thing for Adobe to do, which is what my comment was about. The rhetorical tactic he was employing was to make it seem as if there are only two options, be Apple or be Adobe as it is in this post. That rhetorical dichotomy is misleading, even if he wasn't making an exclusive logical statement.
- smackfu 17y agoProfessional doesn't equal good, is what I was going for. Professional just means they are smiling when they stab you.
- houseabsolute 17y agoAgain, these two continuums are completely unrelated. Stab <---> Not Stab Professional <---> Not Professional My claim is that a professional, not-stab approach would be more effective than a not-professional, not-stab approach. To me it seems like this is a bit difficult to argue against, but I suppose it's possible that this temper tantrum post will be more effective than a strong-but-professionally-worded post in the same direction. Maybe you disagree. Regardless of whether you do, comparing Apple's behavior to Adobe's is irrelevant and misleading. Comparing the two might incorrectly lead people to believe that this post is a good idea because it compares favorably with what Apple has done. In fact, whether this post is a good idea is completely unrelated to how bad Apple's behavior is.
- Qz 17y agotheflashblog.com is not an official Adobe blog. Let me clarify -- theflashblog.com is not produced by Adobe, the company. It is written by an official representative of Adobe, but it is not the official response of Adobe the company, and the site is not an official Adobe site.
- houseabsolute 17y ago> Now let me put aside my role as an official representative of Adobe for a moment . . .
- Qz 17y agoI clarified my comment -- there is a distinction between an official adobe blog, and a blog by an official representative of Adobe.
- houseabsolute 17y agoBe that as it may, I said nothing about the blog being Adobes official blog, only that I was surprised by license and freedom they give to their rep.
- jasonlotito 17y agoEspecially compared to the restrictive, 1984-style Apple employees. Apple has become big brother.
- Qz 17y agoThat's true, however since the original HN thread title was "Adobe Reacts...", which combined with your comment gacw the impression that the post was an Adobe response by an Adobe representative. Of course now the title has been changed (at my suggestion...) which makes this all look a bit silly :).
- ryanhuff 17y agoI don't think people care about the technical difference. In practical terms, if you are an "official representative", you should keep your personal views to yourself, as people will assume your "view" is influenced by the company that pays your salary.