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From: chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Red Ryder 11.0 Announcement
Keywords: white knight
Message-ID: <35921@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 25 Oct 89 22:22:35 GMT
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gt0818a@prism.gatech.EDU (Paul E. Robichaux) writes:
>Blaming the excess posts on the news software is just plain wrong.  The
>news sw didn't post the excess message copy...some human- in this case,
>you- did it. 

Wrong, Paul -- Norm posted it once. Two other independent people also
posted it. If I hadn't seen Norm post it, *I* would have posted it --
because I knew it was of interest to many people here on the net. 

You can't fault Norm because people who weren't in communication with each
other all did what they thought was a good deed for the net. I personally
think the net is a good place to see upgrade notices for important software
packages -- upgrade notices are much different, if you ask me, than
advertisements for new software. It's an information resource.

>The original posting was questionable. The net isn't the place for
>postings for commercial products.

Most of what we talk about on the net is commercial products. Apple, for
instance, sells Macintoshes last I looked. Now, blatant advertising I
agree, but I don't agree that what Norm posted was a blatant ad.

-- 

Chuq Von Rospach <+> Editor,OtherRealms <+> Member SFWA/ASFA
chuq@apple.com <+> CI$: 73317,635 <+> [This is myself speaking]

Trust Mama Nature to remind us just how important things like sci.aquaria's
name really is in the scheme of things.