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From: Garance_Drosehn@mts.rpi.edu
Subject: Re: *** Top Prize Winner - IMPACT Software Contest ***
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Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
References: <1991Apr25.134348.25432@ni.umd.edu> <1991Apr25.143604.3979@macc.wisc.edu> <1991Apr26.015221.4672@shaman.com> <1991Apr26.130728.11444@ni.umd.edu>
Date: 26 Apr 91 17:35:35 GMT
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In article <1991Apr26.130728.11444@ni.umd.edu> 
           louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos) writes:
>In article <1991Apr26.015221.4672@shaman.com> 
            jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura) writes:
>>       Now, I agree that this is a blantant net.abuse. My anus says to
>>tell them to stop posting or get off the net. My mouth (getting really
>>Freudian here) says that we should post them a kind note saying what the
>>USENET deal is. I'll try to talk to them too.
>
>Why don't they post to comp.newprod, where there is no question that
>the postings are commercially motivated and there is a moderation
>process to prevent abuse?

To zero in on the question posed (as opposed to the larger war that is raging),
I for one do not follow comp.newprod.  I am not interested in all products that
have some connection to computers, although I might be interested in all
products that have to do with NeXT computers (and Mac computers, but that's an
issue for other newsgroups).

By posting to comp.newprod, you're going to reach more people that you don't
care about (people who don't own NeXTs), and fewer of the people you do care
about.

All the above is just my own humble opinion, of course.

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Garance Alistair Drosehn  =  gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu