Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!uunet!ig!daemon From: KRISTOFFERSON@BIONET-20.ARPA Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Subject: Re: Product evaluations Message-ID: <5916@ig.ig.com> Date: 16 Apr 88 06:32:41 GMT Sender: daemon@presto.ig.com Lines: 23 From: David Kristofferson My reservation about this type of message is that I do not want to get BIONET involved in potential lawsuits if a manufacturer decides that someone is libeling their product. Unfortunately messages sent to bulletin boards are not always accompanied by disclaimers, etc., and some very bad misrepresentations may occur if someone has a particular axe to grind. We have enough work to do right now without involving the staff in refereeing fights. BIONET set up bboards for commercial molecular biology software packages, but these were set up in such a way that all submissions would be screened by the companies in advance. Although this smacks of censorship, this kind of caution is necessary. Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIONET Resource Manager kristofferson@bionet-20.arpa -------