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- From: dmm0t@rincewind.mech.Virginia.EDU (David Meyer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: Re: Prices on c.s.n.announce
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.033828.3270@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: 29 Aug 92 03:38:28 GMT
- References: <199208281821.AA05203@cnam.cnam.fr> <1992Aug28.193432.14085@utstat.uucp> <1992Aug28.230103.2854@ifi.unizh.ch>
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- In article <1992Aug28.230103.2854@ifi.unizh.ch> lytras@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (Lytras Apostolos) writes:
- >I disagree strongly. This is not what Usenet is about, we *certainly*
- >don't look like fools if we respect Usenet tradition, and it is *not* a
- >ridiculous thing to (as you put it) "censor" (I'd rather say "moderate")
- >these postings. If you read news.answers from time to time, you can find
- >more info on what Usenet is, and what it isn't. I am quoting Gene
- >Spafford's "What is Usenet?" article here:
- >
- > 7. Usenet is not an advertising medium.
- >
- > Because of Usenet's roots in academia, and because Usenet depends
- > so heavily on cooperation (sometimes among competitors), custom
- > dictates that advertising be kept to a minimum. It is tolerated
- > if it is infrequent, informative, and low-hype.
- >
- > The "comp.newprod" newsgroup is NOT an exception to this rule:
- > product announcements are screened by a moderator in an attempt to
- > keep the hype-to-information ratio in check.
-
- Yes, but including prices in c.s.n.announce would _decrease_ the
- hype-to-info ratio. Having the prices announced in a moderated group
- would restrict hype considerably; and telling us how much these
- packages cost would dramatically increase the information content of
- the posts.
-
- Personally, I don't see much point in announcing commercial packages
- unless prices are included.
-
- Dave
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- David M. Meyer Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
- dmm0t@virginia.edu University of Virginia
- dmm0t@rincewind.mech.Virginia.EDU (NeXTmail)
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