Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!att!mcdchg!ddsw1!corpane!sparks From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: Franchise Opportunity Summary: Gotcha! Message-ID: <978@corpane.UUCP> Date: 22 Aug 89 20:56:01 GMT References: <434@tp2.Waterloo.NCR.COM> Organization: Corpane Industries, Inc., Louisville Ky Lines: 56 <1989Aug9.140945.5371@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <937@utoday.UUCP> <339@m2xenix.UUCP> <943@utoday.UUCP> <391@ubbs-nh.MV.COM> <945@utoday.UUCP> <1989Aug17.012249.2122@expert.com> Sender: Reply-To: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) Followup-To: Distribution: na Organization: Corpane Industries, Inc. Keywords: Commerce, commercial, business, etc In article <1989Aug17.012249.2122@expert.com> dfickes@expert.UUCP (David Fickes) writes: >>Ross says: >>Not advertising, to me. Mentioning we exist, offering our book to >>readers, etc. > >I actually put this question to quite a few people around >here... and the answer was ... "what creeps" to "sounds pathetic >to me" ... Just an informal survey mind you. > >We thought of similar announcements but vetoed the idea on >the "commercial use clause." Additionally, complaints regarding >any postings that originate from here are handled personally >by me and I would consider it grounds for termination in an >extreme case. > >-- >=================================================================== >David K. Fickes dfickes@expert.com >Sun Expert Magazine uunet!expert!dfickes >1330 Beacon Street (800) 825-7001 Situation: Ross put subscription information about Unix Today in their map. Is accused of Advertizing. David from Sun Expert systems says that it is in bad taste and anyone from his company who did so will have to deal with him. He then goes on to post the address and phone number of his magazine in his .signature WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE????? I don't see either as advertizing. I see advertizing as a posting that tries to sell you something not as a map entry (which not many people read anyway, other than sysadmins) or as a phone number and address in a .signature (I have one in my .signature also for our BBS) Dave if you feel that it is advertizing, then you are going to either have to take your phone number and address out of your .signature or you are going to have to 'terminate' yourself. -- John Sparks | {rutgers|uunet}!ukma!corpane!sparks | D.I.S.K. 24hrs 1200bps ||||||||||||||| sparks@corpane.UUCP | 502/968-5401 thru -5406 A virtuous life is its own punishment.