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

-=> <dgh> == David Harrington
-=> <asr> == Allen S. Rout
-=> Regarding Re: Can we call off this advertising before it gets out of hand? , <dgh> adds:

dgh> You missed the point. I can't remember seeing pure ads on the net.

I can.

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.

_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..... "

asr> Or, say, lots of information on Youraba language teaching? Or quilting asr> information?

dgh> I might, if I wanted to learn Youraba.

But, this is not the place.

dgh> Obviously, quilting would be out of place.

because this is not the place.

asr> Ads are similarly out of the scope of this discussion.

dgh> Huh? I thought we were talking about ads.

*blush* ... <ahem> I meant, "NEWSGROUP"...

( weak smile )

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