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ed.prochak_at_magicinterface.com (Ed prochak) writes:
>>... Announcements about PEAR and PHP are not SPAM.
>
>In a sense, you are correct. The original comment should have been
>that the announcement of the PEAR DB in comp.database.oracle.misc and
>c.d.o.server is OFF TOPIC.
Why? .server maybe. But for .misc: the article is related to Oracle, does not belong in any more specific group, and is within the terms of the group's charter.
>Of the 4 ORACLE groups it might belong in c.d.o.marketplace.
The charter for that group says it is for commercial announcements; the article about PEAR DB was not commercial, so it is not appropriate for .marketplace.
>Then again, announcement of the PEAR DB might even be off topic in
>c.d.o.marketplace, since it is NOT and ORACLE related product or
>service. (Announcing PHP there would work, given that PHP connects to
>ORACLE and other DBMS products.)
PEAR DB is a database access library for PHP; PHP itself would be offtopic but database access tools are not.
>The announcement belonged in comp.databases only, with perhaps cross
>postings in APPROPRIATE open source groups (there might be one that
>fits.)
If there were a comp.databases.oracle.free-software group or a comp.databases.oracle.announce, those would be more appropriate, but since those groups do not exist it's reasonable to put the message in .misc.
-- Ed Avis <ed_at_membled.com>Received on Sat Feb 28 2004 - 07:08:49 CST