bob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) (11/11/88)
In article <1457@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> rodgers@cca.ucsf.edu (Rick Rodgers) writes: >Given the amount of interest in this newsgroup and NeXT's emphasis on >networking, why aren't THEY reading this newsgroup... I understand that ThEY are. >...and answering these sort of questions directly??? I understand that ThEY want to avoid any impression that they have taken commercial advantage of the forum. This is a very good, careful attitude, and is to be applauded. Impression is everything. Still, Telebit and Sun and a few others seem to have found a happy medium where nobody feels like they are intruding. Some of their folks are able to make constructive contributions with otherwise unavailable information (e.g. Guy Harris on Sun tty driver guts) without raising hard feelings. It would be nice if occasional controversies here could be settled with real, authoritative information. Just the critical tidbit, without marketing hype. I wonder if it would work?
seibel@cgl.ucsf.edu (George Seibel) (11/16/88)
In article <27221@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> bob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) writes: [... NeXT on the Net?] >I understand that ThEY want to avoid any impression that they have >taken commercial advantage of the forum. This is a very good, careful >attitude, and is to be applauded. Impression is everything. [ ... Telebit and Sun do...] >without raising hard feelings. >It would be nice if occasional controversies here could be settled >with real, authoritative information. Just the critical tidbit, >without marketing hype. I wonder if it would work? It works very well in comp.arch - I appreciate the commentary from a number of hardware vendors there. I havent noticed any objectionable commercialism. George Seibel, UCSF