Executive Software is driving me !@#$ING INSANE!!!

[Ichinisan]

You would think that Disk Keeper is THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOL ON THE FREAKING PLANET. More than 6 years ago, I purchased a downloadable file-recovery tool from Executive Software's web site and have been getting persistent promotions for Disk Keeper ever since. I unsubscribed once, which caused the emails to stop for more than a year. Now they have started coming again for no reason.

LISTEN TO THIS:

...Hard drives actually need daily defragmentation to maintain optimum speed and performance?do the math on the staff costs for that!

It actually costs you NOT to have Diskeeper on every server and workstation on your network. Those machines that do not have it very quickly become highly fragmented, helpdesk headaches. With Diskeeper defragmenting in the background, while your users continue to work, the performance of those machines is maintained automatically. No more unnecessary footwork around the site to run the built-in; no more emergency manual defragmentation of trouble machines while users wait; no more waiting for the built-in to finish its long cycle. You and your staff have better things to do.

This paragraph came after an absurd chart showing a monthly cost of $1,271 for 10 workstations (44 hours per month).

How many help desk problems are actually due to a severely fragmented hard drive? HOW MANY???

How can Executive Software possibly make the assertion that constant background defragmentation does not degrade performance MORE than the occasional fragmented file?

F@#$ING SHUT UP ALREADY!!!

 

[DaveSimmons]

"no more emergency manual defragmentation "

LOL, thank heaven! with the money I save I can finally afford Robot Insurance from Old Glory!

 

[Mitzi]

I know what you mean about promotional emails - they effectively spam my Hotmail account (I only use it for signs etc anyway) every couple of weeks even after repeated attempts to unsubscribe. I wouldn't touch them or their products with a barge pole nowadays.

 

[Malak]

I don't see how they expect to win over an IT guy with such ridiculous emails. I've never even heard of emergency defragmentations..

 

[nweaver]

I don't think they are trying to win IT guys...sounds like management buzzwords.

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: KruptosAngelos
I don't see how they expect to win over an IT guy with such ridiculous emails.

Real "IT guys" know how to block unwanted mail.

 

[Joemonkey]

you guys know that the defrag tool that comes with windows 2k and xp is a dumbed down version of executive software's diskkeeper don't you?

 

[nweaver]

even if it is....the email shown earlier makes me lose all respect for them. Lets see those savings quoted for 10 PC's, that's rediculas. Run defrag as a scheduled task once a week, end users don't know a difference.

 

[Ichinisan]

It's well known that the defrag tool with Win2k and XP is provided by Executive Software (just click Help>About). ES's marketing department has been pushing hard to make people believe that "the built-in" is inadequate so that they can sell their own software *and* make royalties from Microsoft.

 

[Ichinisan]

I just got another email which has the headline:

:Q:Q"Fragmentation a Bigger Threat Than Viruses":Q:Q

:disgust:

 

[Smilin]

I heard when their next release comes out that homeland security is going to lower the terror threat level to green.

 

[corkyg]

Easy fix - just put Eexcutive's URL on your Spam list to be blocked/trashed/zapped/bounced.

<Grin> That is why I switched to Raxco's PerfectDisk. It actually is a better program (ver. 7.0)

 

[Ichinisan]

But then I won't get those hillarious emails!