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- From: quanbook@world.std.com (Quantum Books)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc,misc.books.technical
- Subject: Re: Petzold's Programming Windows Is Here!
- Message-ID: <BuKw78.39A@world.std.com>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 17:21:08 GMT
- References: <BuDHsy.3xp@world.std.com> <1992Sep12.003431.28632@techbook.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
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- In article <1992Sep12.003431.28632@techbook.com> jamesd@techbook.com (James Deibele) writes:
- >quanbook@world.std.com (Quantum Books) writes:
- >
- >>Our 300 advance copies arrived earlier than expected.
- >
- >>Order while they last.
- >
- >I've noticed a decrease in the amount of information that Quantum is
- >posting and a lot more "hype". This is contrary to the spirit of what
- >misc.books.technical (IMHO) is supposed to be.
- >
- ...
- >
- >Most previous postings from Quantum contained mostly info, little hype.
- >But I've now noticed several "buy now before they're gone" postings and
- >I think it's time somebody said something ...
- >
- We are sensitive to this issue. We did not feel we were breaking
- with the spirit of this newsgroup, but merely announcing a special
- event which was timed with the long-awaited arrival of Petzold's
- new book.
-
- It is not at all our intention to replace informative postings
- with hype. Our book postings are as frequent and comprehensive
- t(as staff time permits.
-
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