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SpringSource is booming, but one of its best employees just left. What's up?
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I have decided to do some different things in my life for personal reasons - maybe if you had waited for a call back, I could have explained this to you. Ironically, when you called my cell phone , I was on the phone with Rod talking about the exciting SpringSource Seminar Day and internal development meeting in Linz, Austria that had taken place last week.
I can assure you that all is well at SpringSource---and I remain on the board and act as an advisor to the company.
Neelan
P.S. I feel compelled to point out that the time stamp on the voice mail you left me on my cell phone was less than 30 minutes before the time stamp of this posting, and according to my missed calls log, there was only 1 attempt by you to reach me on my cell phone.
- by techfront September 24, 2008 2:55 PM PDT
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(4 Comments)I've been meaning to come back to this. Your post highlights how the information game has changed so much in so many ways. Take PR for example. "Beat 'em to the story" is an age old practice in traditional PR but now this has new meaning. Blogs change this and many companies miss the opportunity. Blogs will continue to evolve as companies and their teams learn the new voice and the fact that interesting information connects customers in an authentic way. When someone leaves a company for personal reasons it can actually strengthen customers view of the company when they feel like they are part of the story. When harmless and sometimes interesting information isn't shared, it could have the opposite effect. Nice work on the blog, you crank 'em out at an impressive pace.
Keep on keep'n on.
Pete Erickson
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