Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!apple!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!uunet!timbuk!cs.umn.edu!thelake!steve From: steve@thelake.mn.org (Steve Yelvington) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: The Quick ST II Challenge vs. Usenet? Message-ID: Date: 1 Nov 90 19:33:30 GMT References: <1990Oct22.190053.21874@wam.umd.edu> <7340018@hpfcso.HP.COM> <1990Oct30.145154.23445@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Lines: 27 [In article <1990Oct30.145154.23445@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Christopher M Mauritz) writes ... ] > I would agree with you if Darek was paying for this space. Unlike a trade > journal, where one pays to advertise, this medium is paid for by its > users. As such, I don't think it is ethical for a business to blow their > own horn and make promotional advertisements. In response to a similar question issue raised in news.admin, Henry Spencer posted the following. |... the consensus opinion in the past has been that brief |announcements with significant technical content are generally useful and |should not be discouraged, while long press releases full of glowing |adjectives are garbage which should not be inflicted on the net at large. I agree. Information is useful. A long harangue that reads like a radio commercial for a dragstrip is offensive. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out the difference. Now, could this issue be laid to rest? --- steve@thelake.mn.org Administrative note: thelake has suffered a hard drive failure and is not likely to be repaired before the first week of December. Mail to or through thelake may be delayed.