Does your PR team write the blog for you?
While I love our PR folks, they couldn’t come up with this stuff. The blog is written by me.
Does the blog represent MarkLogic’s official position?
By and large, no. The blog represents my personal opinion about the industry. Since I’m CEO of MarkLogic: (1) my personal opinion and MarkLogic’s position are often the same, (2) the further the subject matter from MarkLogic’s business the more they may vary, (3) the closer the subject matter to MarkLogic’s business the more I have a de facto, pro-MarkLogic viewpoint.
Do you work with any other companies that might affect your views?
Yes. I am currently on the board of directors of Aster Data, a provider of software for “big data” analytics. I also work as a largely informal advisor to a few startups.
Will the blog always be factually correct?
The blog is a mix of opinion and my recollection of historical fact. Like my wife, I assume that my opinions are not always correct and that my recollection of facts is fallible. So feel free to disagree with my opinions and to let me know when you think I’ve gotten a fact wrong. While I do not commit to any updates, revisions, or corrections, I do try to make them when I’m convinced that I’ve made an error.
Is the blog subject to copyright protection?
Yes. This blog is copyright (c) Dave Kellogg from year 2005 to date, and is protected via a Creative Commons license agreement. See the blog’s footer for the formal notice and a link to the actual agreement.
What’s your comment policy?
I reserve the right to disallow, moderate, edit and delete comments. While I will try to be selective about invoking that right, I may delete or hide comments that I deem undesirable for any reason (e.g., flames, competitors seeking publicity, ad hominen attacks). The more your comment is logical and on-topic the more likely it will stand.
Do you revise and/or delete posts?
Yes. From time to time, I revise posts and/or delete them. Typically, I do this in response to comments, to correct errors, to focus my writing, or simply to change tone. Often, I’ll revise a post numerous times in its first hour of life to correct errors and tighten the writing. Sometimes, I remove posts because I’ve changed my mind about an issue, I think the post is dated / no longer relevant, or simply because I no longer want the post on the blog.
Feed and/or email subscribers should take note: if you want to see the current official version of any post, you should come back to the blog and find it. Sometimes, but not always, I will note revisions at the top or bottom of the post.
Sometimes you talk about company financials; are you a financial analyst?
No. I am not a financial analyst. I am a CEO analyzing the market and while I consider myself a pretty good finance guy, I am most certainly not a financial analyst. I include financial analysis when I think it’s relevant to understanding a company or a market. I do not make buy and sell recommendations on stocks, people should not buy or sell stocks based on my analysis, and I may directly or indirectly hold positions in the companies I discuss. (I most certainly hold a large one in Mark Logic.)
Do you compete with the companies you analyze?
By and large, yes. While there are only a few other vendors of products directly competitive to MarkLogic, we compete with software in other categories indirectly, much the same way that butter might compete with margarine or olive oil. For example, we compete indirectly with enterprise search vendors (e.g., Autonomy, Endeca ) and relational database vendors (e.g., Oracle, IBM) among others. So while there are times when I’m in pure market analysis mode, most of the time I’m writing about vendors and markets that are closer to home.
Do you have a Feedburner feed?
Yes. It’s http://feeds.feedburner.com/marklogic
Can I contact you over email if I have a question?
Yes. Please contact me at:
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