Re: [ANNOUNCE] Senora: a replacement for sqlplus

'but I still think.....' oops, not so fast.

'we should keep a firm policy ....' Have you completely lost your mind.

DA Morgan wrote:

> Paul Drake wrote:
>
> > drak0nian_at_yahoo.com (Paul Drake) wrote in message news:<1ac7c7b3.0304072316.18afbdde_at_posting.google.com>...
> > > DA Morgan <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> wrote in message news:<3E91F5F0.7FD41311_at_exxesolutions.com>...
> > > > Martin Drautzburg wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > <SPAM snipped>
> > > >
> > > > We have a usenet group specifically for posting of commerical messages ...
> > > > comp.databases.oracle.marketplace.
> > > >
> > > > Please do not post spam here where it is inappropriate. Post your messages
> > > > to the correct usenet group. And apologize so as not to alienate your
> > > > potential customers.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you,
> > > >
> > > > Daniel Morgan
> > >
> > > Daniel,
> > >
> > > Its free as in speech, and as in beer. So this does not fit into
> > > "commercial" category per se. It would certainly fit into the category
> > > of "tools", for which there is another newsgroup. I don't know that
> > > there is a reasonable expectation that the poster will read your post
> > > (or mine). I think that people that post info for free tools are
> > > subject to quite the same scrutiny of posts touting "commercial"
> > > software.
> > >
> > > just my opinion.
> > >
> > > Paul
> >
> > oops.
> > I *meant* that (in my not so humble opinion) free tools are *not*
> > subject to quite the same level of scrutiny as the purely commercial
> > efforts.
> >
> > Paul
>
> I agree which is why I apologized ... but I still think we should keep a firm policy of no PR messages in these
> groups. Otherwise, like falling dominos, vendors selling for profit will see the other messages and feel free
> to pollute. Vendors are not so careful as to read the fine print.
>
> To our host ... could you please update the FAQ for these groups to specifically indicate the rules of
> engagement with respect to postings. A clear statement of what is appropriate would help in keeping these
> groups from being hijacked for commercial purposes.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Daniel Morgan
Received on Tue Apr 08 2003 - 16:26:10 CDT