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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!psinntp!psinntp!hd0258!gvh
- From: gvh@metrosoft.com (Gordon Van Huizen)
- Subject: Re: Athena Design Announces Mesa Educational Pricing
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.164824.4066@metrosoft.com>
- Sender: gvh@metrosoft.com
- Reply-To: gvh@metrosoft.com (Gordon Van Huizen)
- Organization: Metrosoft
- References: <QDd-wjC@engin.umich.edu>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 16:48:24 GMT
- Lines: 57
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- In article <QDd-wjC@engin.umich.edu> zmonster@engin.umich.edu (Eric
- Hermanson) writes:
- > In article <1992Aug16.212601.12695@proponent.com> Monty Solomon
- <roscom!monty@think.com> writes:
- > >It is extremely annoying that press releases posted to the NeXT groups
- have had
- > >their price information removed.
- > >
- > >Who has implemented this practice and why?
- > >
- > >Press releases posted to other groups routinely include price
- information.
- > >
- > >Please stop this annoying practice.
- > >
- >
- > My sentiments exactly. What good does this do anyone?
- >
-
- OK OK...this is getting out of hand. Is there some definitive statement
- that can be made about the appropriate use of commercial announcements in
- the NeXT groups? There really is too much random opinion about this.
-
- For awhile everyone was usins c.s.n.a. Wasn't there actually a vote
- regarding including prices in posts to c.s.n.a? Then people start placing
- commercial ads in other groups. Glenn posts a few landmark glitzy
- commercials with big TIFFs and inside jokes about waitresses. Flames
- commence. Several people mention that marketplace is for non-commercial
- announcements. Announcements of various sorts (and press releases) abound
- in marketplace, software and misc. I'm sure David was attempting to stay
- within protocol by removing the prices from his Athena posts. And then he
- gets negative feedback for THAT!
-
- How are we supposed to be using these forums for product and pricing
- information?
-
- So is it:
-
- 1) Commercial announcements should be in c.s.n.a
- (moderator does appropriate thing with prices)?
-
- 2) Commercial announcements can be anywhere you want
- (with prices)?
-
- 3) Commercial announcements can be anywhere you want
- (without prices)?
-
- Does anyone have a definitive answer? Without opinion and speculation,
- preferably. I originally had some opinion and speculation in this post but
- I took it out so as to play by my own rules...
-
- Gordon
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