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From: jkramer@molbio.med.miami.edu (Jack Kramer)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.announce
Subject: Re: Announcing XRT/graph for XView
Keywords: XView, X Windows, Graphics
Message-ID: <1990Dec21.134234.13163@news.miami.edu>
Date: 21 Dec 90 13:42:34 GMT
References: <117@klg.UUCP> <506@zok.UUCP>
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In article <506@zok.UUCP> mark@zok.UUCP (Mark W. Snitily) writes:
>In article <117@klg.UUCP> greg@klg.UUCP ( KL Group Inc.) writes:
>>Announcing XRT/graph(TM) for XView - A Graph Object and Application Builder
>>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>December 12, 1990 - KL Group Inc., is pleased to announce the release
>>of XRT/graph for XView.
>>... A development license for Sun-4 (Sparc) machines costs US $1295. 
>
>It was my understanding that comp.windows.x.announce was intended for
>announcements regarding X Consortium / MIT releases, bug fixes, public
>reviews, etc., *not* commercial announcements.
>
>I have nothing against announcements and discussions of commercial
>X products on the net, but please comp.windows.x.announce is not the
>correct forum.
>

Think about this the next time you empty all the junk mail advertizements
from your regular mail box.  If the commercial types get a foot in the door
on USENET, it very probably won't be long until it would be impossible to
find anything useful among the clutter.

The XRT article was an out and out advertizement.