Re: Usefullness of Platinum's Postings

In article <351aabf3.6869913_at_news.teleport.com>, Jonathan W. Ingram <jingram_at_spam.less.teleport.com> wrote:
>On 25 Mar 1998 11:53:45 -0800, joelga_at_pebble.ml.org (Joel Garry)
>wrote:
>>Because if you go to their site, you can actually get useful technical
>>information. The DBA Pipeline could even be considered to be in the spirit
>Yeah, and your point would be? They're still SELLING. RevealNet is a
>business. They post here to boost sales; the fact that they may put
>some free stuff on their web site doesn't change that. If RevealNet
>were really in the true spirit of this newgroup, they wouldn't sell
>anything; they would give their products away.

I meant particularly the DBA Pipeline where anyone can ask a question of Mike Ault. Giving away his time ain't chicken feed, or if you think it is, give me some of that chicken feed.  

>
>Platinum is selling stuff. RevealNet is selling stuff. I don't see the
>difference.

Try looking. I can quite agree with jumping on anyone who just posts ads over and over, including Cam, lest anyone be confused about my attitude.

Would you want no one from Oracle to post here? And RTFM is a grand old tradition.

>
>Jonathan

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