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On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 10:56, Cliff Rogers wrote:
> Well I guess I see how it is here these days. I have witnessed many posts
> where people have advertised their own business (the one that comes to mind
> most readily is a company that does security scans on your IP address to see
> how well your firewall is doing but there have been others) and I am not
> opposed to these postings in any way shape or form. But it appears this one
> stepped over the line somehow.
> I want everyone to know that I do not know Matt nor does he know me. There
> has been NO communication between him and I on any matter let alone this one
> and he had NO part in my postings. I say this because I do not want him to
> be in trouble with anyone on this list for anything I have posted. My posts
> are mine and only mine and have not been influenced by anything other than
> my own sense of unfairness I have seen in these postings.
> Again I apologize for the length and subject matter but I feel it necessary
> to speak up in defense of someone who I feel is treated unfairly.
> Don't feel you need to reply for my sake as I will be unsubscribing to this
> list shortly. God bless and good luck to all.
> Cliff
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the rules are pretty loose but of course the penalty for irritating
someone or breaking a generally accepted practice is to be harshly
criticized - I like that concept as it tends to get the point across
well but not everyone can take the criticism with the necessary grains
of salt.

The particular email in dispute by Matt looked like and smelled like a
composition designed for the mass public with absolutely no
customization towards PLUG members and simply appeared to be casting for
customers. The combination of these two items will be met with some
harsh criticisms when posted to a *nix topical mail list with the
criticism getting harsher with the higher level of technical knowledge
of the subscriber list. Again, this seems fair.

No one needs to get their nose bent out of joint and no one needs to
unsub.

As for posts that seem to be casting for business, it seems that we
would want the local businesses that use/support Linux to become well
known, live long and prosper. If they choose the spam the list, then may
the force be with them.

Craig