Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Path: utzoo!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!ucbvax!SRI-KL!PHayes From: PHayes@SRI-KL (Pat Hayes) Newsgroups: mod.ai Subject: Policy - Covert Ads Message-ID: <8606260655.AA27582@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Wed, 25-Jun-86 14:40:31 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8606260655.AA27582 Posted: Wed Jun 25 14:40:31 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 26-Jun-86 19:38:32 EDT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 11 Approved: ailist@sri-ai.arpa I know I've flamed about this before and been answered at length, but Matt Hefrons "query" irritated me. I haven't seen such a good advertisement masquerading as something innocent since watching Masterpiece Theatre. Matt wants to survey marketed expert systems: fine. Is it really necessary to tell us that SxxxPxxx is such a one ( NOT, he is careful to point out to us, a mere shell ), marketed by some company ( whose name he is careful to spell out for us ), and which ( just in passing we can infer ) runs on - gosh - a PC. The query could have been stated quite clearly without all this commercial hype spraypainted over it. Pat Hayes -------