Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnewsl!hojo From: hojo@cbnewsl.att.com (HC Johnson) Subject: Re: The Quick ST II Challenge vs. Usenet? Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Date: Tue, 23 Oct 90 20:33:54 GMT Message-ID: <1990Oct23.203354.17857@cbnewsl.att.com> Summary: calm down References: <1990Oct22.190053.21874@wam.umd.edu> Lines: 28 In article <1990Oct22.190053.21874@wam.umd.edu>, dmb@wam.umd.edu (David M. Baggett) writes: > > [At the risk of beating a dead horse...] > > > The real issue (as far as I can tell) is not with Darek's posting style > but rather with his supposed use of Usenet as an advertising vehicle. > The fact is that Usenet has always (in spirit, at least) been intended > for NON-PROFIT purposes, to the extent that commercial advertising is > severely FROWNED UPON. > Personally I think its all a matter of form and frequency. No one seems to jump on first person testimonials, such as "I just tried Dareks demo program and it G R E A T. He'll send you a free copy if ..." But you are all yelling because he posted it, not a user. I think that "not commercial" more reasonably means that Sams used computers should not post their monthly list of inventory. I for one like to see new products mentioned here, whether by the author or a happy user. Howard Johnson ATT BELL LABS att!lzsc!hcj hcj@lzsc.att.com