Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!ucsd!rutgers!cmcl2!phri!marob!manes From: manes@marob.MASA.COM (Steve Manes) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Commercial software in comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Message-ID: <602@marob.MASA.COM> Date: 28 Mar 89 12:22:52 GMT References: <89058@felix.UUCP> Distribution: usa Organization: ESCC New York City Lines: 24 From article <89058@felix.UUCP>, by art@felix.UUCP (Art Dederick): > I say pu tit to a test, go to your upper management and ak this > question: > > Is is ok to subsidize non- business > by allowing non- advertizing and distribution be > carried by those netnews news groups we are paying for via > phone charges etc? Why stop there? Why not pay a visit to the board of directors of XYZ Corp, which feeds a couple of dozen Usenet mouths from its InfoCenter, and ask them how they feel about the 4-figure phone bills and UUNET charges in the development budget so a bunch of outside freeloaders can send each other mail on their tab? Take a poll of how many system administrators bury Usenet expenses in their department budgets precisely because management wouldn't approve of it (not that I expect many to admit to it). Or is such third-party subsidization only abusive if you have no use for it? -- Steve Manes Roxy Recorders, Inc. Magpie-HQ BBS UUCP : {rutgers|cmcl2}!hombre!magpie!manes (212)420-0527 Smail: manes@MASA.COM