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From: rang@cs.wisc.edu (Anton Rang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Red Ryder 11.0 Announcement (commercial use?)
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Date: 26 Oct 89 02:59:33 GMT
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In-reply-to: wasilko@netcom.UUCP's message of 26 Oct 89 02:02:45 GMT

In article <3403@netcom.UUCP> wasilko@netcom.UUCP (Jeff Wasilko) writes:
>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.

  Well, I do see companies like Symantec using the net to post upgrade
notices.  In fact, they even post updates to their software (i.e. the
LSP 2.01->2.15 [or whatever] program)....

  I don't see anything wrong with this.  It's usually useful info
(even if I don't own the product, it gives me a chance to see what
kind of work is going into it, and the ensuing discussion is useful in
getting a feel for people's opinions of the product).

  I'm not quite sure where the boundary should be, though.  (BTW, did
any representatives of the *company* post the original article, or was
it posted by somebody else?)

				Anton
   
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