ins_apmj@jhunix.UUCP (Patrick M Juola) (11/21/85)
In article <1212@jhunix.UUCP> ins_ajsk@jhunix.UUCP (Jonathan Simon Kay) writes: >Look what *I* found on net.general: > >>The purpose of this letter is to introduce you to CONCURRENT Computer >>Corporation. [Massive deletion here; I see no reason to give this ^&#%^ free ads] >>For additional information about CONCURRENT, please call us directly or >>contact your local sales office. >> >> Sincerely, >> James K. Sims >> President And CEO >> CONCURRENT Computer Corporation >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >While we have been busy condemning everybody else for such vile practices >as posting shareware, flaming, and non-optimization of mail paths, someone >has crept into our midst and posted what is without a doubt the most >flagrant violation of netiquette I have seen in my short tenure as a >USENETter: a posting of an out-and-out ad to net.general. Well, what >shall we do? I have already sent him some interesting reading (I restricted >myself from sending as much as I would have like to send, in the name of >keeping the associated phone bill below $1000 :-)... ). This is, according >to the USENET primer, serious enough to warrant cutting CONCURRENT's news >feed. Any comments? > > Jonathan Kay Bravo, Jonathan -- I agree completely (100%) with you. Net.fascists, :-), this would appear to be your puppy, as all I can do is mail this article to CONCURRENT every hour on the hour, which would run up expenses and useless traffic. Pat Juola Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept of Maths