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Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 17:55:30 -0700
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@onstor.com>
To: Narayan Venkat <narayan.venkat@onstor.com>
Cc: Brian Stark <brian.stark@onstor.com>, Bob Miller <bob.miller@onstor.com>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Potential Consulting Gig]
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Thanks for your generosity, Narayan.  I hope you know you have my
respect and I apologize again.  My words were merely the contents at
the top of the pot when it boiled over, and definitely not what is
supplying the heat.

Attempting to chill....

On Thu, 14 May 2009 13:56:47 -0700 Narayan Venkat
<narayan.venkat@onstor.com> wrote:

> Yow!  Just chill okay!  You don't need to stretch beyond what your
> responsibilities are!  Don't get bent out of shape.
> 
> It was an innocuous chat with Bill and we were chatting about the
> Agami UI and he said that he can connect me with folks he knew.
> 
> So before you go around spouting your religion, just stay put.
> 
> Narayan Venkat
> Vice President, Marketing
> ONStor Inc. (www.onstor.com)
> Tel: (408) 963-2404
> Cell: (408) 221-4297
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Sharp 
> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 1:51 PM
> To: Bill Fisher
> Cc: Brian Stark; Bob Miller; Narayan Venkat; Bill Fisher
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Potential Consulting Gig]
> 
> Bob,
> 
> I might have to apologize for saying this, but it seems like it
> needs saying.  Marketing needs to get their eye back on the ball.
> Replacing Nexenta and all that is sometime in the *FUTURE*, a future
> which won't exist if we don't make our numbers.  Numbers that are
> based on Cougar sales.  Sales which are driven by marketing.  We need
> some Cougar marketing wins and to start moving some Cougars.  We
> don't need to spend 5 seconds or 5 cents on this stuff right now.  Am
> I wrong about this?  Perhaps there's some piece of the picture I
> don't have, but things would seem to be pretty basic these days.
> 
> We launced Leopard and it made a big splash, now it's time to get back
> to our product line that actually makes the most money.
> 
> There, I'm done.  Yes, I do feel better.  Thanks for asking.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> a
> 
> 
> On Thu, 14 May 2009 13:27:54 -0700 Bill Fisher
> <Bill.Fisher@onstor.com> wrote:
> 
> > Ok, here is the response from Chris; How do you want to
> > proceed?
> > 
> > -- Bill
> > ----------------------------
> > 
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Re: Potential Consulting Gig
> > Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 13:25:23 -0700
> > From: Christopher Korher <ckornher@mac.com>
> > To: Bill Fisher <Bill.Fisher@onstor.com>
> > References: <4A0C79D6.2070903@onstor.com>
> > 
> > Bill,
> > 
> > I would be happy to talk to your folks. There are a lot of options
> > these days for management GUIs.
> > 
> > - Chris
> > 
> > 
> > On May 14, 2009, at 1:06 PM, William Fisher wrote:
> > 
> > > Chris:
> > >
> > > Long time no hear. I have an opportunity that
> > > OnStor is looking for a consultant.
> > >
> > > What they would they would like to buy a few hours
> > > of your time initially, to talk about WEB UI and application
> > > frameworks for doing data management on our NAS box.
> > >
> > > If this might be of interest, let me know and I'll
> > > have the right folks talk to you.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > 
