Xref: utzoo gnu.emacs.help:1751 comp.emacs:10549 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!bu.edu!nntp-read!jbw From: jbw@bigbird.bu.edu (Joe Wells) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help,comp.emacs Subject: Re: Please don't recommend proprietary software on this list. Message-ID: Date: 16 Apr 91 15:51:05 GMT References: <9104122207.AA14622@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <1991Apr16.002316.13679@convex.com> Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Followup-To: gnu.emacs.help Organization: Boston University Computer Science Department Lines: 28 In-reply-to: datri@convex.com's message of 16 Apr 91 00:23:16 GMT In article <1991Apr16.002316.13679@convex.com> datri@convex.com (Anthony A. Datri) writes: >Advertising a proprietary program and recommending people buy it does >not help--in fact, it tends to hurt. So please don't promote >proprietary programs on GNU mailing lists. From this end, this is >comp.emacs<, a newsgroup intended for the discussion of emacsy editors of *all* sorts. Folks, please learn to check the "Newsgroups:" header line when posting! This message is crossposted to two newsgroups. The "Newsgroups:" header contains: gnu.emacs.help,comp.emacs two newsgroups. The first one is "gnu.emacs.help". Please don't send messages recommending non-free software to the first. If you feel an urgent need to post a message recommending a non-free piece of software, please delete any newsgroup name containing "gnu" from the "Newsgroups:" header before posting. Everyone will be much happier if this advice is followed! (Flames may kindly be sent to the nearest black hole.) -- Joe Wells