Re: Can we call off this advertising before it gets out of hand?

In article <ASR.93Oct8163145_at_ketch.cis.ufl.edu> asr_at_ketch.cis.ufl.edu (Allen S. Rout) writes:
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>dgh> You missed the point. I can't remember seeing pure ads on the net.
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>I can.
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>dgh> What you are referring to as ads are really usually responses to some
>dgh> thread of discussion that contain information relevant to the topic. It
>dgh> just happens that the poster thinks that a particular product will solve
>dgh> the probblem or add value to the issue. This is not advertising, and is
>dgh> germaine. I say this forum can support these types of postings.
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>_certainly_... However, there is a significant difference between me, a
>programmer in the President's office at UF, to say "Look, PDOX40 is way cool..
>I did this with it, and that, and the other", and Joe, a Borland programmer,
>saying "Look, PDOX40 is way cool..... "
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This is just my point. I don't see anything wrong w/ Joe from Borland giving a few tips on a Borland product the net, just because he works for Borland...

Now, I would have a problem if he said "Look, PDOX40 is way cool.... and if you send me $500, I'll tell you why" :-)

David Received on Mon Oct 11 1993 - 21:48:15 CET