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From: biff@eyeball.ophth.bcm.tmc.edu (Brad Daniels)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: $60.00 free time and free sign up on The Source
Message-ID: <1083@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>
Date: 5 May 88 16:42:05 GMT
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Reply-To: biff@eyeball.ophth.bcm.tmc.edu.UUCP (Brad Daniels)
Organization: Low Vision Project, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
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In article <1149@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU> jas@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU
(Jeffrey A. Sullivan) writes:
>Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't commerical advertising illegal (or at least
>improper) use of USENET resources?  I seem to recall reading that somehwere.
>Anyway, there is a specific newproducts group, even though this is no product.
>
>It really irks me to see people misuse the net like this.
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It really irks me to see people get uptight about netiquette gray areas.
The net is for messages of general interest to the USENET community.  I
found the offer interesting, as I'm sure did many people who are not Source
subscribers but who might be willing to subscribe if it were cheaper.
Granted, this offer was not enough to entice me, but it was still an
interesting offer.

If we were to take the definition of what is a legitimate posting as nar-
rowly as you seem to suggest, we might have to eliminate whole newsgroups.
Certainly comp.newprod would have to go.  I, for one, am interested in
hearing about offers of this sort.

If you want to argue about whether it should have been in this newsgroup,
that is another story.  (Although the article *did* definitely relate to
the Mac).

				- Brad
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The Low Vision Project		| If money can't buy happiness
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