ab3@stat-l (Rsk the Wombat) (04/10/84)
Now just wait a minute!! This is one of the most blatant ads
to appear on the network in quite some time. In my opinion, this one
steps over the thin line between "informative message" and
"money-making advertising".
Now, before anyone proposes the "benefit to folks on the network"
argument, I would like to point out that this message explicitly states
that
"...Aimed at high level marketing and technical folks (detailed
technical discussions will *not* be presented)..."
I invite speculation on the ratio of technical-people-who-read-news
to marketing-people-who-read-news, and thus, the applicability of this forum
to the network readership at large. The list of topics (which I will not
repeat here) bears out the promise of the above statement.
And then they have the gall to post the price and the contact
phone number!! ARGH!!
Well, I *used* to recommend their book...time to patronize S.R. Bourne
and Mssrs. Kernighan & Pike...
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Rsk the Wombat
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{ cornell, eagle, hplabs, ittvax, lanl-a, ncrday } !purdue!rskmrl@drutx.UUCP (LongoMR) (04/12/84)
<> Well, I don't know, I wasn't THAT offended by it. As a matter of fact, I plan on giving a copy to my management (you know, the people that BUY stuff but don't necessarilly know a hell of alot about lots of stuff on the market) to see if they were interested. -Longo