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From: mlee@shaman.com (Mark Lee (Impact))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: *** Top Prize Winner - IMPACT Software Contest ***
Message-ID: <1991May1.034536.823@shaman.com>
Date: 1 May 91 03:45:36 GMT
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We received about twenty letters since our last posting, and we would like
to thank those respondents who gave us encouragement (17 out of 19) to stop
posting about the software card, but to continue posting about the software
contests.

> Please continue posting the software contest notifications - that is clearly
> a service that comp.sys.next readers would like to be aware of.

> I think your postings to the network are just fine.
> Perhaps you could make them more concise, and
> remove the star border which makes them look
> like an advertisement.   I just wanted you to know
> that there are some people out here that find your
> postings informative (and inoffensive.)

> the contest is a good thing, it promotes people
> to develop stuff.  The problem is when you say:
> I have this super cool product at xxx$ BUY BUY BUY.

> You are doing the NeXT community, and especially the small-time  
> developers, a service for which you should be thanked, not condemned.   
> Don't stop posting until (and unless) someone literally pulls the  
> plug on you.

> It is usually appropriate for press releases and general information about
> a company to be posted to the net, IMHO.  However, sales/marketing items
> are generally not looked upon favorably, especially coming from a *.edu
> site rather than a *.com site.

As suggested by many of the respondents, we will make our future postings 
about the software contests short, concise, toned-down, and less frequent.
We are also in the process of moving all our e-mail accounts to a *.com
site.  (Thanks to Jiro Nakamura at Shaman Consulting, which is not affiliated
with IMPACT, but is lending us a user account at his site.)

                                        Mark Lee
                                        IMPACT Software Publishing, Inc
                                        mlee@shaman.com