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From: abm@alan.aux.apple.com
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.announce
Subject: Where DOES one announce commercial X11 products??!?!?
Keywords: commercial plea for X11 product announcement forum
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Date: 9 Jan 91 18:20:44 GMT
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I have seen the acidic (how's the ulcer, Bob? :-) comments recently regarding
commercial product announcements on comp.windows.x.announce.  I guess they
are _verboten_.

Question:  Where CAN I announce the availability of my new whiz-bang goodie
which we charge money (albiet not much) for that will reach the X11
community for whom it is really solely useful?

Is it possibly that one can simply put out a small one-paragraph
announcement on comp.windows.x.announce and ask people to respond by email
for more details, thus avoiding tying up all of our precious network
bandwidth except for people who are truly interested?  I would go for
that if Bob&Co. agree to it...

I really want to play by the rules, but I have never seen a concise
statement of what they are and how one appeals them if they're considered
to be unfair to a large enough group of people...

Thanks for any clarification anyone can provide.
-- 

Alan Mimms (alan@apple.com, ...!apple!alan)   | My opinions are generally
A/UX X group                                  | pretty worthless, but
Apple Computer                                | they *are* my own...
"Laugha whila you can, monkey boy..." -- John Whorfin in Buckaroo Bonzai
"Never rub another man's rhubarb" -- The Joker in BatMan