Gord, Yours wasn't the post I was referring to. I was referring to the post from Mr. Gould where he was complaining directly to Darren about Shai Hess' posts regarding updates to his software. I saw the "shameless plug" and it didn't bother me a bit. I don't believe your post was inappropriate; as, as you said, the OP was looking for information and you responded to his request.
As I said in my earlier post, your "shameless plug" pretty much sailed by me without my even taking a second look. I, along with the vast majority of people on the list (both posters and lurkers), had no problem with your post as it wasn't an unsolicited advertisement. To those few who objected to it, build a rule in your inbox to delete the messages you don't like, and get over it. It was nothing compared to a lot of the noise on the list. I'll quit ranting now. Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gord Tomlin Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 10:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Ads on IBM-MAIN I suspect that the reference to a post from a software company is referring to a post I made on Monday on a thread started by Hilary Hurwitz with the subject "Z/OS Newbie question". The OP was looking for a facility that would provide "a list of modules used and which libraries they were taken from". Gerard Postpischil replied with "The short answer to this is that it's not possible." Since we have a product feature that provides this very function, I felt that it was relevant to provide the information, and I marked my post as a "shameless plug", since I was mentioning a feature of one of our products. I have already communicated with the owner of the listserv on this matter. Nevertheless, if members of this listserv believe this post to be inappropriate, I will not make any similar posts in the future. My intent was to inform, no to offend. -- Regards, Gord Tomlin Action Software International (a division of Mazda Computer Corporation) Tel: (905) 470-7113, Fax: (905) 470-6507 On 2011-07-06 10:57, Pommier, Rex R. wrote: > I'm with you, Mace. I don't mind Shai's posts. In fact, when the brown > material started coming into contact with the oscillating air movement > device, I had to go dig through my deleted messages to figure out what was > happening. I didn't notice the post from the software company, but one of > the people complaining about Shai's posts is being caught by an outlook rule > I have set up and his messages are trashed. If he doesn't want to see Shai's > posts, maybe he could set up a similar rule. :-) > > Rex > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Larry Macioce > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 8:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Ads on IBM-MAIN > > I am more of a question asker or lurker than a contributor, but I am going to > give my $.02 anyway. > > If you look at the op they are from a major software firm, unless it is > Scandinavian Airlines. > > So to me it is a bit of sour grapes. If they felt there was/is a problem they > should have addressed it with the mod or the offender. Then one other poster > complained ,couldn't even name the product and Alan gave an opinion. > For a total of 2 ½ (I'll give Alan an assist...lol) > > So the way I see it, is the majority of the posters have no problem with what > Shai is doing. I have thought of downloading the product and testing it. > > <rant on>This is American society today, a few don't like what the majority > are doing and complain. > Let's set up frivolous law suites to stop the majority, or complain so the > majority must change<rant off> > > Anyway, here is a solution, if you see him posting DON'T OPEN THE TREAD, > there problem solved. > > mace The information contained in this e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited and that you will be held responsible for any such unauthorized activity, including liability for any resulting damages. As appropriate, such incident(s) may also be reported to law enforcement. If you received this e-mail in error, please reply to sender and destroy or delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
