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- From: vrr@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (veenu.r.rashid)
- Subject: Re: prices on c.s.n.announce -I want a vote!
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 20:12:09 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug30.201209.17381@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Aug27.172015.14167@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> <1992Aug30.161133.18155@cube.handheld.com>
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- In article <1992Aug30.161133.18155@cube.handheld.com> jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug27.172015.14167@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- >ede978e@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Robert D. Nicholson) writes:
- >> I think the pricing server idea is a good one, although it still lets them
- >> get the message accross but its better than blatant pricing information
- >spread
- >> across the net.
- >>
- >
- ><flame on>
- >"blatant pricing information spread[ing] across the net"! Sounds like prices
- >are some disease. They are INFORMATION! Get it?
- >
- >Do you think CSN* is some sort of 'cold fusion' discussion group? No, it's a
- >GREAT BIG COMMERCIAL! It is for the support of commercial products of NeXT.
- >Most folks plan to *gasp* make money either using these machines, helping
- >other's use them, or in just plain honing thier marketable skills.
- >
- >This anti-price-only mentality plain baffles me. I could understand (but not
- >support) an anti-commercial postings mindset, but not this cock-eyed mess
- >where, say, a Jack Reynold's style post (and I like your posts, Jack, don't
- >take offence here) magically becomes NOT a commerical if the $599.95 is changed
- >to $xxx.xx. What powerful magic! Now, suddenly, I see the posting as purely
- >informational, where before I say only a blatent, offensive, commercial.
- >
- >Bullshit.
- >
- ><flame off>
- >
- >There, now I feel better. Offended folks please respond by e-mail
- >
- >Jim De Arras
- >jmd@cube.handheld.com (NeXTMAIL, with prices, welcome)
-
-
- I think all the other comp.sys.*.* newsgroups routinely carry price
- information about their products, without much flamage about this
- content. I wonder who thought up this policy here.
-
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- Veenu
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- vrr@cbnewsj.att.com
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