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I agree. On Sun, 20 Oct 1996, Richard Pyle wrote: > > I'm not sure what all this is in response to, but if it's in response to > Chris Parrett's post anouncing that a new version of Abyss is available, > then I disagree. I have no problem with companies announcing the > availability of a new product or a new version of a product - that's the > sort of thing I *want* to see on this list. Obnoxious, repeated > advertisements of products we already know about is what we want to avoid. > > My two pennies. > > Aloha, > Rich > > On Fri, 18 Oct 1996, Jim Greenlee wrote: > > > > > > Gee Jim, I guess I missed the rules page that said no advertising. > > > > Obviously you did, otherwise you would not be making such a jackass > > of yourself. > > > > > where do we draw the line? > > > > We draw the line at people trying to entice us to buy their own > > products. Everybody but Chris Parrett seems to understand this, and > > for the most part, they respect the "no advertising" rule (and it is > > a rule - check the archives if you don't believe me). In fact, every > > advertising "flare-up" in the last 2-3 years was the direct result of > > one of Parrett's inappropriately placed product announcements. > > > > > WHAT GEAR/SOFTWARE CAN WE TALK ABOUT WITHOUT PISSING YOU OFF? > > > > You can talk about anything you want as long as you don't try to sell > > me a commercial product or service that you make money off of. Do you > > really want to set a precedent that would allow every dive-related > > business on the Internet to start putting their ads here? > > > > -JimG > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > > > > Richard Pyle > deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or* > ******************************************************************* > "WHATEVER happens to you when you willingly go underwater is > COMPLETELY and ENTIRELY your own responsibility! If you cannot > accept this responsibility, stay out of the water!" > ******************************************************************* > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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