[Karunamon]

I don't think it's improper for it to be pointed out that someone who works as the marketing manager for a product may have a slight bias towards talking up said product's benefits and downplaying its limitations.

It's just a fact, not a slight.

(And I say this as someone that happens to love just about everything this company puts out!)

[jasonlotito]

I think Andrey took it not as "he is a marketing manager for JetBrains, so of course there is a bias", but rather: "he is just a marketing manager, and not a developer, so what does he know?" And with that line of thinking, the follow up question makes perfect sense. He's not just a marketing manager.

[oldmanjay]

He's a marketing manager who responds with an argumentative tone to someone pointing out he is a marketing manager. There's a thing you don't see every day.

[jasonlotito]

Argumentative tone? I didn't read that. Couple that with the fact that he might not be a native English speaker, I think it's a bit much to imply a tone.

[oldmanjay]

An argument against the article was specifically solicited, even though it was orthogonal to the OP's point. That's not an implication, it's a statement. I'm not sure how else to read such a thing, frankly, native speaker or otherwise.

Edit: and not that I'm telling the jetbrains folks how to do their job, but a marketing manager who has communication difficulties in a given language generally isn't given the responsibility to make public company statements in that language.

Basically your objections aren't holding much water.

[jasonlotito]

Considering your other comments, I see why you would think ill intent of others.

[cwyers]

When there's two possible ways to read something, and one of them makes all kinds of sense and one of them doesn't, I think parsimony suggests we should believe the one that makes sense.

[jasonlotito]

Sure, but that assumes you read it two possible ways.

And my interpretation makes perfect sense, especially if you consider the individual in question might not be a native English speaker. Seriously, I think people complaining about this are reading far too much into this. Chill.