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- From: trivedi@curie.uchicago.edu (Anil Trivedi)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: Re: Prices on c.s.n.announce
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.234051.26983@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 29 Aug 92 23:40:51 GMT
- Article-I.D.: midway.1992Aug29.234051.26983
- 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:
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- > 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.
- ...
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- All of this sound fine, but sadly irrelevant. Why should the mention
- of *prices* be regarded as any more of an advertizement than say that
- of technical *features* and *specs* of a product?
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