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From: U21187@uicvm.uic.edu (John Schulien)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Lotus Marketplace -- Lotus to pull out?
Message-ID: <91024.115509U21187@uicvm.uic.edu>
Date: 24 Jan 91 17:55:09 GMT
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In article <JSHARAF.91Jan23130147@world.std.com>, jsharaf@world.std.com (Jim
Sharaf) says:
>
>A story in this morning's Boston Globe reports that Lotus is expected, at a
>news conference today, to announce that it will *not* go ahead with the
>marketplace product.  Apparently there have been so many complaints, and so

I just called their 800 number (1-800-688-8320) and heard the following
recorded message:

|  Lotus has announced it will not be shipping the Lotus Marketplace
|  Households product and therefore is no longer processing requests
|  for name removal.
|
|  The decision to cancel the product came after an assessment of the
|  public concerns and misunderstanding of the product.
|
|  we hope this has not caused you any inconvenience, and thank you for
|  calling Lotus.

Alright!

- jms