tp@ndm20 (11/19/85)
This guy should have to pay an advertising fee to every site on the network that transmitted his ad. I am under the distinct impression that such commercial statements are greatly frowned upon.
ben@moncol.UUCP (Bennett Broder) (11/22/85)
>This guy should have to pay an advertising fee to every site on the >network that transmitted his ad. I am under the distinct impression >that such commercial statements are greatly frowned upon. Come on folks. This is really getting out of hand. Read the posting again. It isn't an ad, it is a letter from the CEO at Perkin Elmer directed to Perkin Elmer customers telling them that their hardware vendor has changed its name and that the new company intends to honor all current contracts. Nothing more. Oh sure, there are a few remarks praising PE equipment, but these praises are clearly not the intent of the letter. I just don't understand the sense of outrage on the net. I read netnews daily; hardly a day goes by that I don't see a couple of personal classified ads trying to sell automobiles and other such effects. If you want to stop advertising on the net, stop those useless classifieds, not an important announcement like the Perkin Elmer name change. I wonder if the net would clamor if the announcement was made by AT&T or IBM???... Ben Broder I have no connection with Perkin Elmer except as a satisfied customer.
avolio@decuac.UUCP (Frederick M. Avolio) (11/22/85)
In article <400006@ndm20>, tp@ndm20 writes: > This guy should have to pay an advertising fee to every site on the > network that transmitted his ad. The letter was "markety." The news it conveyed was valid. Let this be a lesson -- before posting something which is newsy but might be construed as advertising, run it by some other people on the net for their opinions. -- Fred @ DEC Ultrix Applications Center {decvax,seismo,cbosgd}!decuac!avolio