Eric Greenwell wrote:

OK, the guy didn't grovel properly, but his choice of newsgroups isn't
that bad. Why be so rude to a company that could potentially supply us
with useful devices? This is actually a very interesting instrument
useful on powered sport aircraft, including hang gliders. I wish I had
something like this for my motorglider, and for only US$900. The Ilec
controller I have does the basics, but this unit has a lot of features,
such as engine history, I'd like to have. If I were building a
motorglider, I'd consider it. Since it's software driven and has a
flexible sensor package, it looks widely adaptable.

It was a very spammy sort of post. I especially hate the "Hey old
buddy, I got something really great to show you." type of pitch,
regardless of the source/product.

I'm perfectly amenable to "You don't know me, but I'm selling xyz. If
you're interested check out my site www.xyz.com"
The guy selling the velcro pants that W&W now sells used this approach
and got a good reaction (even by me!) http://tinyurl.com/dlegd
The instrument guy just struck me as a stereo salesman.

Shawn