Comments on: Why I’m still disappointed in Yammer. http://www.gilyehuda.com/2009/07/02/why-i%e2%80%99m-still-disappointed-in-yammer/ Your path to success Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:38:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gil Yehuda http://www.gilyehuda.com/2009/07/02/why-i%e2%80%99m-still-disappointed-in-yammer/comment-page-1/#comment-1904 Gil Yehuda Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:49:48 +0000 http://www.gilyehuda.com/?p=474#comment-1904 Vitaly, Do you really think I was being nasty to Yammer? I don't. I think they made a PR blunder (publishing a fabricated "case study" with no permission from me or Forrester - the company that does not employ me, and that I don't speak on behalf.) -- very amateur behavior on the part of the people who did this PR act. This does not reflect directly on their product, API, or my feeling about their company in general. And I believe I handled this properly by asking Forrester's citations department to contact them. (Note, my follow up email to their VP of Legal bounced back - and I explained all the details above. Did you read?) As an industry analyst, I investigate and report on my market for the benefit of my customers. I'm not going to claim that I'm devoid of emotions, but I do not believe that I was motivated to be nasty. After all, this all started when I reported a positive result by using their product. As for your comment: Were you just looking for a place to put an ad for your services? Do you think that my readers will interpret your comment that way? I think they may. If so that would not look so good for you. Now, if I would have posted that I'm asking people to share the names of companies that provide Yammer API development, then your comment would be apropos. But starting with the remark that you think I was being nasty, and ending with what sure appears to be an ad (selling development services to an independent analyst?) -- well that just seems like you need a PR makeover too. Just saying. Vitaly,
Do you really think I was being nasty to Yammer? I don’t. I think they made a PR blunder (publishing a fabricated “case study” with no permission from me or Forrester – the company that does not employ me, and that I don’t speak on behalf.) — very amateur behavior on the part of the people who did this PR act. This does not reflect directly on their product, API, or my feeling about their company in general. And I believe I handled this properly by asking Forrester’s citations department to contact them. (Note, my follow up email to their VP of Legal bounced back – and I explained all the details above. Did you read?)

As an industry analyst, I investigate and report on my market for the benefit of my customers. I’m not going to claim that I’m devoid of emotions, but I do not believe that I was motivated to be nasty. After all, this all started when I reported a positive result by using their product.

As for your comment: Were you just looking for a place to put an ad for your services? Do you think that my readers will interpret your comment that way? I think they may. If so that would not look so good for you. Now, if I would have posted that I’m asking people to share the names of companies that provide Yammer API development, then your comment would be apropos. But starting with the remark that you think I was being nasty, and ending with what sure appears to be an ad (selling development services to an independent analyst?) — well that just seems like you need a PR makeover too. Just saying.

]]> By: Vitaliy Demur http://www.gilyehuda.com/2009/07/02/why-i%e2%80%99m-still-disappointed-in-yammer/comment-page-1/#comment-1895 Vitaliy Demur Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:33:56 +0000 http://www.gilyehuda.com/?p=474#comment-1895 Dear Gil, please do not be nasty to Yammer, please contact us... I represent LADevelopers Inc. (http://www.ladevelopers.com ), California based software development company specializing in custom Web 2.0 applications for enterprise. We have a lot of experience working with Yammer product and have an established relationship with this company. If you have any issues with Yammer API, or looking to build a custom product based on Yammer API, we can help. Please don’t hesitate to contact us. Dear Gil, please do not be nasty to Yammer, please contact us…
I represent LADevelopers Inc. (http://www.ladevelopers.com ), California based software development company specializing in custom Web 2.0 applications for enterprise. We have a lot of experience working with Yammer product and have an established relationship with this company. If you have any issues with Yammer API, or looking to build a custom product based on Yammer API, we can help. Please don’t hesitate to contact us.

]]> By: Gil Yehuda http://www.gilyehuda.com/2009/07/02/why-i%e2%80%99m-still-disappointed-in-yammer/comment-page-1/#comment-1089 Gil Yehuda Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:55:15 +0000 http://www.gilyehuda.com/?p=474#comment-1089 Note to the careful reader: I see that David Schwartz VP of Legal & Corporate Development at Yammer is no longer listed on Yammer's management page: http://www.yammer.com/about/management and I'll note that emails I send him a few weeks ago have bounced back. Note to the careful reader:
I see that David Schwartz VP of Legal & Corporate Development at Yammer is no longer listed on Yammer’s management page: http://www.yammer.com/about/management and I’ll note that emails I send him a few weeks ago have bounced back.

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