Wow. So the problem was that their messaging wasn't right? Seriously? Not that their sales people are clearly dialing for dollars from some boiler room using scraped lists? Not that they're hiring people who don't know someone who ANYONE working at a CMS related company should know? Not that they're lazy and sleazy and weak?

I thought it was a twisted joke from Acquia to Automattic before seeing this ...I guess they don't even have a decent sense of humor :)

I give them props for being honest about the value of cold contacts. Almost anyone who wants to make it as an enterprise service company has to do this.

Good response. Honest and to the point.

It sure reads like "we got caught with our hands in the cookie jar", well, that's why you get a PR company.

Also: "but he shouldn’t have posted the contact details of our Acquia business development rep. Hoping he takes it down, immediately"

Thumbs up for not being passive-agressive about it, now be a man and ask him directly. You have his email address after all