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From: wasilko@netcom.UUCP (Jeff Wasilko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Red Ryder 11.0 Announcement
Keywords: white knight
Message-ID: <3403@netcom.UUCP>
Date: 26 Oct 89 02:02:45 GMT
References: <4380@yunexus.UUCP> <2938@husc6.harvard.edu> <829@pmafire.UUCP> <995@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM>
Reply-To: wasilko@netcom.UUCP (Jeff Wasilko)
Organization: NetCom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 997-9175 guest}
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In article <995@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM> ngg@bridge2.3Com.com (Norman Goodger) writes:
>In article <829@pmafire.UUCP> geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen) writes:
>>
>>I do agree, however, that we could have done without seeing the message
>>three times.  The traffic here is high enough already.
>
[lines deleted to keep my mailer happy]

>On another note, I will try to send the upgrade announcement to anyone
>that wishes it thru email. Occasionally I have seen mail bounce, so I
>cannot guarantee that if you send email to request the update info to
>White Knight 11 that you will get it. But if I recieve your msg I will
>try. I will repost this little blurb or something like it from time to
>time so that others that may not be aware of the White knight 11 upgrade
>can get the information..
>
>
>-- 
>Norm Goodger				SysOp - MacInfo BBS @415-795-8862
>3Com Corp.				Co-SysOp FreeSoft RT - GEnie.
>Enterprise Systems Division             (I disclaim anything and everything)
>UUCP: {3comvax,auspex,sun}!bridge2!ngg  Internet: ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM

This still smells of commercial use of the net. I don't see Microsoft, Claris
3Com or any other major software publishers / hardware manufacturers
posting repetive messages (advertisements) about product upgrades. I don't
see any reason why this should be any different.


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