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- From: alex@cs.umd.edu (Alex Blakemore)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: Re: Prices on c.s.n.announce
- Message-ID: <59961@mimsy.umd.edu>
- Date: 29 Aug 92 03:47:23 GMT
- References: <1992Aug28.193432.14085@utstat.uucp> <1992Aug28.230103.2854@ifi.unizh.ch> <1992Aug29.011929.11683@nic.umass.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug29.011929.11683@nic.umass.edu> a74k110@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Chris Lloyd) writes:
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- > If anything the pricing information makes them less hype and more informative.
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- Please allow prices Todd, a one or two lines at the bottom would make the
- announcements MUCH more useful. The moderator could use his judgement
- to prevent announcements where little new info is added, just as he should
- do when prices are not involved. Even _permanent_ price changes, like
- one company's recent cutting of their price for objects to a fraction
- of their previous cost is a worthy announcement. It says alot of the state
- of that market and the economic viability of reuse. Disallow notices of
- temporary sales if you wish.
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- Prices are not evil. Commerce is not evil. Prices would convey
- a hell of a lot more information than most of the blather that
- goes on in this group. We sure discuss the price of NS486 to death,
- but that is somehow different?
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- We are big boys and girls and should be trusted to see the information.
- Call for a vote Todd or create a real questionaire.
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