Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucsd!rutgers!mcnc!uvaarpa!murdoch!astsun9.astro.Virginia.EDU!gl8f From: gl8f@astsun9.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: The Quick ST II Challenge vs. Usenet? Message-ID: <1990Oct28.001116.7544@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Date: 28 Oct 90 00:11:16 GMT References: <1990Oct22.190053.21874@wam.umd.edu> <58521@microsoft.UUCP> Sender: news@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia Lines: 30 In article <58521@microsoft.UUCP> darekm@microsoft.UUCP (Darek MIHOCKA) writes: >I have to disagree with that. If we were to follow that rule to the letter, >then any discussion of ANY commercial product, whether software, or >hardware could constitute being called advertizing. Usenet is a diverse place. Here's what news.announce.newusers has to say about commercial postings: | Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed; | however, since someone else is paying the phone bills for this, it is | important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to the | appropriate newsgroup -- comp.newprod -- never to a general purpose | newsgroup such as "misc.misc". Clearly mark your article as a product | announcement in the subject. Never repeat these -- one article per | product at the most; preferably group everything into one article. | Advertising hype is especially frowned upon -- stick to technical | facts. Obnoxious or inappropriate announcements or articles violating | this policy will generally be rejected. This policy is, of course, | subject to change if it becomes a problem. This "rule" is really just custom; each network within the Internet has its own formal rules. Occasionally I find myself agonizing about press releases that I find within Z*Net, because they go over the customary line. |And the "product" I was "advertizing" was a free demo. One short message seems appropriate to me. But I'm not an authority on anything.