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		<title>Vendor blogs: So much fun!</title>
		<description>Discuss Vendor blogs: So much fun!</description>
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			<title>NetApp Office of the CTO | Vice-Chair, SNIA Solid </title>
			<link>http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/195-vendor-blogs.html#comment-362</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Excellent overview Curtis! I couldn't agree more about the futility of some vendors attempting to FUD their competitors instead of selling intrinsic value. Even more significantly, your progressive views against comment censorship are critical to an open and transparent web which is essential to advancing the sharing of knowledge. Val Bercovici NetApp Office of the CTO Vice-Chair, SNIA Solid State Storage Initiative]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Val Bercovici</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>thanks!</title>
			<link>http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/195-vendor-blogs.html#comment-360</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'll take my omission as a compliment.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Not a gaff</title>
			<link>http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/195-vendor-blogs.html#comment-358</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Frankly, you should be glad you weren't included! I was mainly talking about the "you suck and we don't" sites. ;-) Fromn what I've seen, your blog actually just tries to help NetBackup users understand NetBackup. You're not blogging about why NBU is awesome and others are not.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>W. Curtis Preston</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>One more</title>
			<link>http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/195-vendor-blogs.html#comment-373</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ok, you haven't commented lately. I guess the https://forums.symantec.com/syment/blog?blog.id=NetBackup NetBackup blog should be a little juicier. We'll work on it. Last time you commented was the bpgp kerfluffle iirc -- but I did interview you. I would think that would earn me a nod.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>W. Curtis Preston says:</title>
			<link>http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/195-vendor-blogs.html#comment-389</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The reasons I don't see this site as a vendor site are 1) you don't see me talking about my company or their products on this site (although I could), 2) they don't pay for the site, 3) they don't censor the site, and 4) the site has been around longer than my employer and will continue if I were to ever leave there. So I see it as a very different site than yours. I'm not denigrating your site, I'm just saying I think mine is different. I require registration for a few reasons. The first is that I don't believe in anonymous posting of comments, which is what your blog allows. I can type anything into your comment window and that's what you see. As far as I'm concerned, that's anonymous. Backupcentral is also a very popular site and a big target for spammers, and I would have a ton of comment spam if I didn't. (I still get it anyway. I can't imagine how much I would get without registration.) Backupcentral is also a lot more than the blog, with forums and wikis that you can only contribute to if you register. Sign up for one: get all!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>W. Curtis Preston</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Chuck Hollis says:</title>
			<link>http://www.backupcentral.com/mr-backup-blog-mainmenu-47/13-mr-backup-blog/195-vendor-blogs.html#comment-388</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi Curtis -- interesting reading. Despite your interest in remaining at a comfortable observational distance from vendor blogging, I'm afraid you're rolling in the mud with the rest of us to a certain extent. Let's start at the beginning -- affiliations. As VP of Data Protection for Glasshouse, you've got a certain vested interest to position yourself (and your company) as a recognized and somewhat independent authority on certain issues, and to not let vendors in this space sway the discussion too much, right? From my perspective, that would make this blog a "vendor blog". Perhaps a more genteel version than some, but a vendor blog nonetheless. And comments! Boy, you really didn't like the fact that I shut down a certain misbehaving individual for a while. You seem to have very strong opinions on that. I was looking at your blog, and wondering why there are so few comments. When I went to leave one, I was presented with a registration process, with a click-the-link email to gain permission merely to leave a comment. Everyone has different perspectives on this sort of thing; mine is that you shouldn't require a lengthy registration process from your readers just for the privilege of sharing their thoughts. Moreover, if you're someone like me, you visit all sorts of sites, and it's hard to remember dozens of different usernames and passwords. However, I recognize your right to manage this commenting process in any way you see fit. Now let's get into a more important topic: acceptable and unacceptable conduct. Many of us believe that personal attacks on individuals are verboten, and avoid it as much as humanly possible. Many of us also believe that when comments turn into consistent personal attacks, they become verboten as well. Much in the way many people instinctively filter curse words, sexual references, racial epiteths and so on -- many of us filter "hate comments" as inappropriate. I don't believe you've had the opportunity to deal with this issue yet. Most of your posts are uncontroversial in nature. But -- should you venture out into more controversial territory, you too may have to decide when and where to draw a line with people. Everyone brings a different belief system to this relatively new social phenomenon of blogging. I tend to ascribe to complete transparency (warts and all), and managing the conversation to keep it productive and relatively polite. I do not believe there is a need to censor opposing opinions -- that's what makes it fun! Others approach it differently. That's their right -- their house, their rules. Best wishes for the continued success of your blog!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Chuck Hollis</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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