Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site phri.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!timeinc!phri!roy From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Did I blow it? (Tektronix take note) Message-ID: <207@phri.UUCP> Date: Sat, 20-Apr-85 11:03:48 EST Article-I.D.: phri.207 Posted: Sat Apr 20 11:03:48 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Apr-85 06:26:30 EST References: <345@boulder.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Public Health Research Inst. (NY, NY) Lines: 13 > "Tektronix was not planning to take any action against me, but we are > increasingly concerned about this kind of posting, and feel that we > will have to take action against people who post that sort of message > in the future." WHAT?? In my humble opinion, Tektronix is >>way<< out of line on this one. You certainly have a right to your opinions, and it seems to me that Usenet is certainly the right place to air them. Companies rely heavily on word of mouth reports to promote their products when they are good. How can they expect the opposite not to occur also? -- allegra!phri!roy (Roy Smith) System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute