I think once Shaw Huang decided to summarize HIS evaluation of vendor
strengths and weaknesses, anyone has the right to respond, clarify,
criticize, agree or whatever.
If Shaw (or anyone) innocently happened to misstate or misunderstand (I
am NOT saying he actually did this) a particular vendors' situation,
why shouldn't that vendor clarify the situation? (BTW: I found Shaw's
post to be well-done and informative.)
Steve Patt's post was enlightening and relevant to the purpose of the
list. I'm sure a similar post from another vendor would also inform the
group.
The decision process for purchasing new NMR technology is very costly
to the buyer. However, one advantage is one can get a crash course in
state-of-the-art NMR spectroscopy. I hope readers of this list will
share their evaluation experiences with those in the AMMRL who are not
fortunate enough to be involved an instrument purchase.
Besides, let's say Steve (or anyone else) posted pure sales-hype or
worse. I suspect the readers of this list are smart enough to figure
this out. Then wouldn't such a post actually hurt the vendor?
So what's the problem?
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From: TIN::"rnunlist@bloch.cchem.berkeley.edu"@bb1t.monsanto.com
To: ammrl@bloch.cchem.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: Steve Patt's response to Shaw Huang
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Wow, this is a first - flames on ammrl!
Seriously though, Steve Patt's communication is not the sort of thing I find
particularly enlightening. It really has nothing to do with what Shaw discussed, or
the purpose of this mailing list.
Shaw wrote:
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>Based on the
>discussions with both Bruker and Varian sales persons, I am listing the
>following statements, which can be shared with you. If you know of other
>facts and info either from your own experiences or from other sources, please
>send them to me. I'll summarize all the feedbacks later on.
I don't interpret this as in invitation for sales pitches from ANY vendor....
Rudi Nunlist
College of Chemistry NMR Facility
University of California
Berkeley
P.S.:
The above is a personal opinion, I am not representing the steering committee...
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