Xref: utzoo comp.sys.atari.8bit:2245 comp.sys.atari.st:13669 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!unisoft!bdt!david From: david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit,comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: The ZMAG/ST Report Mailing List Message-ID: <483@bdt.UUCP> Date: 26 Jan 89 23:22:53 GMT References: <511@orbit.UUCP> <2050@water.waterloo.edu> Reply-To: david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer) Organization: Beckemeyer Development Tools, Oakland, CA Lines: 19 In article <511@orbit.UUCP> steve@pnet51.cts.com (Steve Yelvington) said about ZMAG: * It's a commercial enterprise that carries advertising, ... To which, ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (Lee Dickey) replied: > (2) So what? I know that commercials have been on the net for > years; a few blatent, many subtle. Starting a newsgroup especially for a commercial enterprise would be a bad idea. I for one will not accept or forward articles to such groups. That's not what Usenet is all about and I doubt whether very many Sysadmins are going to pay for somebody elses commercial project. It doesn't belong here - take it someplace else. -- David Beckemeyer (david@bdt.UUCP) | "Lester Moore - Four slugs from a .44 Beckemeyer Development Tools | no Les, no more." 478 Santa Clara Ave. Oakland, CA 94610 | - Headstone at Boot Hill UUCP: {uunet,ucbvax}!unisoft!bdt!david | Tombstone, AZ