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From: resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick)
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Subject: Re: Frame Propaganda (was Word 5 Wishes - Word SUX!)
Message-ID: <1991Jan18.233313.17041@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 18 Jan 91 23:33:13 GMT
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ewm@mdavcr.UUCP (Eric W. Mitchell) writes:

>In article <1991Jan17.230535.4356@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> typ125m@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (John Wilkins) writes:
>>jmp@frame.UUCP (Jeff Papineau) writes:
>>
>>>For ordering info call:

>>>Frame Technology,
>>>San Jose, CA.
>>
>>If this isn't an ad, I'll eat my FoxBase manuals. While it may be what
>>the poster says (and I believe it is), can we have a disclaimer as to
>>the relationship of this guy to Frame?

>You can save yourself the fibre, John.  Look at the "Organization" line in the
>poster's header.  He works for Frame Technologies.

This has been gone over a million times. Usenet is not for
advertisement, especially this blatently. If a user asks "what will do
this", a calm, non-advertising message saying "BTW, Frame Maker does
alot of these things, and if you want more info, e-mail me here at the
company who makes it" is appropriate. An overt disclaimer at the end of
the message is a must anyway. This one, however, was ridiculous. The
amount of text in these messages wastes my bandwidth.  If you want to
announce a new product, put in in newprod or mac.announce.  This isn't
the place for it, with or without discliamer.

pr
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