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- From: lytras@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (Lytras Apostolos)
- Subject: Re: Prices on c.s.n.announce
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.230303.18361@ifi.unizh.ch>
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- Organization: Informatik Club Uni Zurich
- References: <1992Aug28.230103.2854@ifi.unizh.ch> <1992Aug29.172910.19278@cube.handheld.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 23:03:03 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug29.172910.19278@cube.handheld.com> jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras) writes:
- >You consider price to be 'hype', rather than 'information', I take it.
-
- No, you got me wrong. I am not generally against prices. I just think
- that we should be careful about where we're going. If we allow the hype
- to be "beautified" with prices then we will have to cope with seriously
- commercial use of this medium, sooner or later. I have received a
- mail from one reader of this newsgroup who proposes a solution that
- could be abbreviated with "take the hype out of the postings and put as
- much information in, as possible or necessary".
-
- An announcement would then look like this, e.g.
-
- Name: BLAH
- Producer: Foo, Inc.
- Category: Text Processor
- Features: imports RTF text and EPS pictures
- comes with a developer API for custom apps
- max. size of document: blabla
- Contact: somestreet 234, somecity xxx
- Fax:
- E-Mail:
- Phone:
- Price: $ 0.02
-
- This would not interfere with Usenet guidelines for posting, it would not
- need an additional archive server service, it would keep hype out and
- get information in. It's quite a viable solution, IMHO. Thanks to Ronald
- C. Antony for pointing me to this.
-
- Maybe this will clear things up a little...
-
- Have fun!
- - Apostolos
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