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- From: petersen@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Julie Petersen)
- Subject: Re: Holiday NeXT Sale!!
- Message-ID: <petersen-251292004656@elvex34.acns.nwu.edu>
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- References: <1992Dec24.055728.16243@crl.com> <1992Dec25.053009.6786@cs.yale.edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 06:51:52 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec25.053009.6786@cs.yale.edu>, nathan@laplace.csb.yale.edu
- (Nathan F. Janette) wrote:
- >
- > In article <1992Dec24.055728.16243@crl.com> smg@orb.com (Samuel M.
- > Goldberger) writes:
- > > In article <1992Dec24.021222.7501@netcom.com> jimlynch@netcom.com (Jim
- > Lynch)
- >
- > > > You must know that commercial posting is not permitted, yet here you
- > are.
- > >
- > > Sorry to offend, but I must differ. Shortly after this group was begun,
- > Glenn
- > > Reid of RightBrain posted a summer special; so did Dave Peter of HSD.
- > Then I
- > > did. And so have other developers.
- >
- > They were wrong to do so, were flamed for it, and haven't
- > repeated the offense. It's a violation of the USENET
- > guidelines posted in the news.* groups.
-
- Guidelines are just that, guidelines. And I would just like to voice
- my opinion that in this case certainly no harm was done, and in fact
- there were probably a number of people who were very glad to see the
- announcement. The announcement was concise: not a huge catalog listing
- (like you sometimes see in the rec.music.* heirarchy) and not a blatant
- commercial full of sales hyperbole. I recognize why some people would
- make an objection, and why such objections are probably necessary lest
- a group like this become a useless bunch of competing advertisements,
- but nonetheless in this case I think (i.e. IMO) Mr. Goldberger's
- announcement was acceptable use.
-
- Just my 2 cents -
-
- __________________________________________________________________________
- Jim Petersen petersen@casbah.acns.nwu.edu jp@darkstar.com
-
- If mercy's in business I wish it for you-
- More than just ashes when your dreams come true.
-