Re: PEAR DB 1.6.0 has been released

Thanks Jan.
I would like to append to the pledge:

"nor will I (cross)post replies to spam in newsgroups."

I hope I am excused from breaking my pledge just this time.

Jan M. Nelken wrote:

> Fernando Nunes wrote:
>
>>
>> I'd bet you can call it SPAM... But PEAR is part of the open source
>> PHP web development package.
>> As such, i'd call it "not bad spam" (?!). He isn't earning anything
>> except maybe (bad?) reputation.
>>
>
> I am sure he is not only earning bad reputation; he is also shooting
> himself in the foot (or perhaps in both feet).
>
> I am sure that majority of the people posting and reading here are -
> or will - subscribe to The Boulder Pledge ("Under no circumstances
> will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an
> unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters,
> petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of
> others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online
> community.").
>
> So he simply rejected as potential customers majority of people
> posting here.
>
> Jan M. Nelken

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Anton Versteeg
IBM Certified DB2 Specialist
IBM Netherlands