Ah, the limited effectiveness of sarcasm in email has bitten you :-) I agree with both John's sentiment and Steve's sarcasm. As long as it is not abused, occasional promotion seems fine to me. I found this announcement (and most commercial announcements here and on IBM-MAIN) as much more interesting than much of dribble that is posted. Don't get me wrong - there is an absolute gold-mine of information on these lists, but at times it is more like *panning* for gold. But IMO the problem is not because of commercial announcements; its that some people treat the lists like their Twitter account :-)
Kirk 2011/1/7 Steve Comstock <[email protected]> > On 1/7/2011 10:10 AM, john gilmore wrote: > >> Steve, >> >> Isn't your post a bit disingenuous? >> > > Yes. I forgot the smiley. > > > >> Both here and on IBM-MAIN we cut you a lot of slack, >> I think appropriately, that you 'misuse' only a little >> if at all. The Marist servers host a number of lists >> that may of us use; and they are entitled to some slack >> too, particularly as a non-profit college. >> >> The issue here is one of misuse in context. An unknown >> poster who appears with a blatant commercial will be >> objected too. Someone whom we know well will be allowed >> an occasional brief commercial. You are and should be a >> beneficiary of this implicit policy. Leave it alone. >> Drawing attention to it will not serve you well. >> >> John Gilmore Ashland, MA 01721-1817 USA >> >> > Right. > > -- > > Kind regards, > > -Steve Comstock > The Trainer's Friend, Inc. > > 303-393-8716 > http://www.trainersfriend.com > > * To get a good Return on your Investment, first make an investment! > + Training your people is an excellent investment > > * Try our new tool for calculating your Return On Investment > for training dollars at > http://www.trainersfriend.com/ROI/roi.html >
