Mehul Harry's DevExpress Blog

Mehul: I see that, to celebrate the center dot in Tech·Ed, our New Orleans motto has two: Rebuild·Restore·Renew.

Cheers, Julian

You take the tragedy that happened to the people of New Orleans to advertise your product.

Looks like you wait for the next catastrophe to happen to donate and advertise there, what an attitude?!

I think Christoph Brandle has the wrong idea.

They are building a house for someone.  Would you rather they did nothing and just get a big booth?

That would be a 'different attitude'

Nice job dev express.

What a great contribution! A new home for a New Orleans family. I can only say that I am proud to be part of a company that has made such a great value-based decision. Booths are great. A home for a family is better.

Miro, I do get the idea you can be assure of.

still it is advertising with the tragedy that happens to others, scientology does this too btw (in haiti). Normally companies donate to organizations and do not spread their name accross the place that needs help.

Making profit or polishing the image with catastrophes?

Make believe devExpress is a good company because they help? A company should deliver products, IMO.

I prefer the saying:

"do good and dont shout out what you did"

Christoph - small suggestion (though I doubt you take suggestions to heart) ----- READ what people write and spend less time injecting your own personal opinions as to the motives behind decisions made by others.

Let me make this about as clear as I can - since you refused to read Mehul's post.

We are trying to get people to donate old computers that are no longer being used to the Boys and Girls Club of New Orleans so that kids who may not otherwise have access to a computer might someday have easy access.

In addition, Mehul is suggesting people stop by our booth to pick up a Tshirt - and unless you believe we sell hammers and drills, the Tshirts are not meant to market our products, but simply remind people that even though its been a number of years since the Hurricane, the city still needs to be rebuilt.

Charity begins at home Christoph - I might suggest that your time would be better served by volunteering some time with a local charitable organization...that might provide you with a better perspective on things and certainly bring some humility your way.

I'm pretty sure the people of New Orleans and the family that receives this house aren't going to question the nature of DevExpress' altruism.

Christoph - it really does not matter whether I think your contribution is valuable. I would bet those that you help with your charitable donations consider it valuable and here's hoping you continue and tell others to do the same...

Hopefully you'll write to our client services team and donate a used computer - we'll pay to get it picked up and delivered. I promise you that we wont mention you donated a computer but I'll make sure the Boys and Girls Club in New Orleans sends you a thank you note. Oh and here's the best part...odds are that the European jurisdiction in which you live would not recognize the charitable contribution anyway, so no need to worry about deducting it from your tax return :-)

@Cristoph.

Well, my English is not very good, as you're about to discover.

Nevertheless, intentions are nice, but they're also cheap. Road to hell is paved with good intentions. On the other hand, reason that you comment is that You're the customer of the DevExpress. When You chose them, You surely didn't take into the account what they do with their incomes. You choose them because they made you more competitive and Your job easier.

Surely they know the same - they cannot really base their income on charity - they must produces (as we all must do) to be competitive on the market.

Things being such, I fail to see goodwill and understanding in your post. Perhaps it is time, to walk through the woods, inhale the fresh air, and carpe diem?

LP,

d.

Summa summarum, what I wanted to say is:

What they're doing is a good thing(tm).

Even if it helps them with their PR, it still is.

LP,

d.