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From: bennett@mp.cs.niu.edu (Scott Bennett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: *** Top Prize Winner - IMPACT Software Contest ***
Keywords: advertising, Internet usage
Message-ID: <1991Apr26.015334.10729@mp.cs.niu.edu>
Date: 26 Apr 91 01:53:34 GMT
References: <1991Apr25.130046.26086@cs.cornell.edu> <1991Apr25.134348.25432@ni.umd.edu> <1991Apr25.205359.7746@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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In article <1991Apr25.205359.7746@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> smb3u@psysun1.acc.Virginia.EDU (Steven M. Boker) writes:
>In article <1991Apr25.134348.25432@ni.umd.edu> louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos) writes:
>>Does anyone else think that this posting, and the ones before it are
>>just a little bit too commerically oriented to be appropriate for this
>>USENET newsgroup.  Especially the last "batch" of them?
>
>I was wondering if someone else thought these people to be particularly
>shameless.  Sure they are selling the software cheap, but an advertisement
>is an advertisement.

     Perhaps now is an appropriate time to chastize Neil Gorsuch mildly
for his tendency to plug *his* company's product at the remotest provo-
cation.  His original reply long ago to someone's article inquiring
about the existence of such devices was welcome information, but the
frequency and, sometimes, near irrelevancy (e.g. you need to hook a
parallel printer to your NeXT?  well, buy a[n expensive] serial port
server from us since it comes with a parallel port on it) of his
plugs has been irritating of late.  One point is in Neil's favor, though:
at least he isn't quoting his company's price list and offering to be
your salesman himself.
>
>Steve


                                  Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
                                  Systems Programming
                                  Northern Illinois University
                                  DeKalb, Illinois 60115
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