Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!esosun!ucsdhub!sdcsvax!ucbvax!INGRES.BERKELEY.EDU!hatcher
From: hatcher@INGRES.BERKELEY.EDU (Doug Merritt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: DevWare announcement / call for authors
Message-ID: <8704250648.AA21246@ingres.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: Sat, 25-Apr-87 01:48:33 EDT
Article-I.D.: ingres.8704250648.AA21246
Posted: Sat Apr 25 01:48:33 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 26-Apr-87 05:38:18 EDT
Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Lines: 33
Summary: this was ok, read mod.announce.newusers!!!


In article <8704250043.AA09200@cory.Berkeley.EDU> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes:
>>-From: mercurio@crash.CTS.COM (Phil Mercurio)
>>-         [ ... ]             We apologize if the commercial
>>-nature of this posting offends, but we felt that this community would be
>>-interested in these ideas and might be able to benefit from them.

>	Don't bother apologizing, just don't do it again.  If you want
>to discuss the relative merits and problems with various methods of software
>distribution, you can, but it shouldn't be in the context of your corporation.

Phil was not being rude; it's ok to post announcements and ask for ideas,
even about commercial subjects, just so long as there isn't constant
advertising. There is no way that I would have heard about this notion
without it being posted, and as an Amiga programmer I find it intriguing.

A lot of people hear folklore about noncommercial use of the net, and
without getting more accurate information, start flaming people
indiscriminately. -> What everyone should do is read mod.announce.newusers! <-

For instance, here's a pertinent excerpt from "Rules for posting to Usenet": 

:Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed;
:however, since someone else is paying the phone bills for this, it is
:important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet.  [ ... ]
:Advertising hype is especially frowned upon -- stick to technical
:facts.  [ ... ]

In other words, it's ok to post a simple announcement. Anything beyond
that is frowned upon. Naturally interpretation of the rules can be
subjective, but it's important to note that it is, in fact, not a white
and black issue.
	Doug Merritt	ucbvax!ingres!hatcher