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From: noel@ubbs-nh.MV.COM (Noel B. Del More  Nashua)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Live News & Professional Electronic Publications in USENET Format
Message-ID: <357@ubbs-nh.MV.COM>
Date: 12 Jun 89 01:11:35 GMT
References: <3492@looking.on.ca> <356@ubbs-nh.MV.COM> <4496@ficc.uu.net>
Reply-To: noel@ubbs-nh.MV.COM (Noel B. Del More  Nashua)
Organization: uBBS-NH  (New England Unix Archive)  - Nashua, NH
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In article <4496@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
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>And there's NOTHING wrong with using the network for your personal gain.
>Telebit, AT&T, and so on do it all the time without being flamed.

I find nothing wrong with making an announcement concerning a new
commercial product in the appropriate group(s).  What I do find
distasteful is continuous postings of a commercial nature promoting one
product, ie. "buy my book", or in another case, "buy my BBS software"
(not B.T.).

Yes, I agree, most of us do use the net for "personal gain", but not in a
direct manner, and that IS the difference.

If the consensus of the net is that it is OK to use the net for
commercial purposes, then fine, just let me know.  I'd personally love to
take advantage of the "free advertising".

You will note however, that I have never done so, because my
understanding of the "rules" dictates that it is improper to do so.
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Noel B. Del More             |                             decvax!ubbs-nh!noel
17 Meredith Drive            |                             noel@ubbs-nh.mv.com 
Nashua, New Hampshire  03063 | It's unix me son!  `taint spozed tah make cents