{"id":1648,"date":"2013-09-18T11:10:05","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T23:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltics.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2013-09-18T11:14:03","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T23:14:03","slug":"david-i-plumbs-new-shallows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltics.co.nz\/blog\/posts\/1648\/","title":{"rendered":"David I Plumbs New Shallows"},"content":{"rendered":"[Estimated Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes]<\/span><\/span>

I catch a lot of flak for being “negative” from certain quarters, but whether you agree with me or disagree with me, one thing I am not is sneaky<\/em>. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of a certain David Intersimone<\/strong>. VP Developer Relations and Chief Evangelist<\/strong> at Embarcadero. A list of job titles to which we should perhaps add “Chief Snippy Emailer<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

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This morning he blogged about a demo camera app<\/a> being used to demonstrate the cross platform capabilities of the FireMonkey runtime in Delphi XE5.<\/p>\n

He appropriated the title from the first in my current series of articles which he mentions obliquely (without, I might add, even doing me the courtesy of linking back to it<\/em>) demonstrating the development of a similar app using Oxygene for Android<\/strong>. I think he misconstrued that series of highly detailed<\/em>, pull-no-punches, “warts and all” technical posts aimed at people curious about Oxygene as somehow trying to draw a comparison with FireMonkey and XE5.<\/p>\n

It isn’t and wasn’t, and in any event his “rebuttal” post by contrast is notably lacking in any such detail.<\/p>\n

Instead of answering some pertinent questions that I posted to his blog about some of the details of his app that he glossed over, I instead received the following email sent directly to me, complete with a “gag order”.<\/p>\n

Inquiring minds want to know if you can reuse the same Oxygene project and code on iOS as you do in the steps for your Android Camera app?<\/p>\n

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. \u00ad\u00ad\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m ignoring that gag order because a)<\/strong> it’s unenforceable nonsense and b)<\/strong> I think people deserve to know the sort of person that is appointed to the position of “VP Developer Relations<\/em>” at a company like Embarcadero:<\/p>\n

Now, have I made such snippy comments myself in the past ? Certainly I have.<\/p>\n

But when I do they are in comments posted openly<\/strong> in public<\/strong> forums (either my own or others). Not in personal emails slapping the recipient with a gag order in the process.<\/p>\n

But never mind the nature of the approach, even the attempted snip is laughable.<\/p>\n

Of course “inquiring minds” aren’t wondering about this at all because, unlike Embarcadero, RemObjects are very open about their technology and approach. What it can do but more importantly what it can’t (and won’t) do and when it will be able to do more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, David I has still not responded to specific and in my view quite reasonable questions about his app either in comments on my blog or his (he has not as yet even approved my comment asking those questions on his blog<\/em>).<\/p>\n

But he has<\/strong> found time to write me this snippy little missive.<\/p>\n

Now of course this isn’t a huge issue at all. It’s not remotely serious. In fact if it weren’t so sad for what it says about the “bunker mentality<\/em>” at Embarcadero it would be quite amusing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Estimated Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes]<\/span><\/span> I catch a lot of flak for being “negative” from certain quarters, but whether you agree with me or disagree with me, one thing I am not is sneaky. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of a certain David Intersimone. VP Developer Relations and Chief Evangelist at Embarcadero. 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