zinnato@nadc.nadc.navy.MIL (R. Zinnato) (01/04/91)
>Regardless of the reasons for which x.announce was created, my personal >use of it is to help keep >abreast of all software that I can run in my X environment. I do not >care where that software comes >from. > >I am not in favor of this group turning into a product advertising >forum, but I would like to encourage >anyone who produces X oriented software to make an announcement to this group. > > >Greg Carleu > Ok, then how about: Regardless for the reason your personal account was created, I'd like it used as a repository for inane flames and encourage everyone else to do the same.
jamey@cache.crc.ricoh.COM (Jamey Graham) (01/05/91)
>Regardless of the reasons for which x.announce was created, my personal >use of it is to help keep >abreast of all software that I can run in my X environment. I do not >care where that software comes >from. > >I am not in favor of this group turning into a product advertising >forum, but I would like to encourage >anyone who produces X oriented software to make an announcement to this group. > > >Greg Carleu > I tend to agree with Greg. I would much rather be notified of products here (via e-mail), at least initially, than to receive mail via U.S. mail for this very simple reason: electronic messages do not need to be recycled. Not all junk, paper mail can be recycled. If initial information can be provided here (or in a news group created for such announcements) then interested parties can ask for more (paper?) information. It's good for me. Jamey Graham Ricoh California Research Center jamey@crc.ricoh.com 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115 Menlo Park, CA 94025-7022 !SaveSomeTrees!
nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) (01/06/91)
In article <1991Jan4.151938.17283@hri.com> greg@hri.com (Greg Carleu) writes: >> How about a new newsgroup, comp.windows.x.newprod? > >Sounds good to me. What do other people think? Well first of all, I don't think it should be discussed in the announce group. Secondly, comp.newprod is not exactly a high volume group, so I see no need to create yet another one. Finally, I don't care one way or another whether people put ads in comp.windows.x.announce - I'll defer to whatever its creator thinks. -- Alfalfa Software, Inc. | motif-request@alfalfa.com nazgul@alfalfa.com |----------------------------------- 617/646-7703 (voice/fax) | Proline BBS: 617/641-3722 I'm not sure which upsets me more; that people are so unwilling to accept responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate everyone else's.
mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (01/06/91)
>> Regardless of the reasons for which x.announce was created, my >> personal use of it is to help keep abreast of all software that I >> can run in my X environment. I do not care where that software >> comes from. xannounce isn't there for that. You're trying to use it for something it's not intended for. > I tend to agree with Greg. I would much rather be notified of > products here (via e-mail), [...]. So start a mailing list for commercial X product announcements. Don't try to take over someone else's mailing list for whatever you happen to think it would be handy to use it for. der Mouse old: mcgill-vision!mouse new: mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu