Brian and Shane, I guess it doesn't bother me a whole lot about Brian's posting. I know opinions vary from don't care at all to foaming at the mouth for the audacity to do such a horrible thing. But Shane, you're right - the list owner Darren should get involved. All such postings should probably be sent to Darren, and he will either post them or send them back and tell whoever what is acceptable.
Darren - maybe you can post something giving guidelines. Eric On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 21:58 -0600, Brian Westerman wrote: > I sent it because when we started the previous beta, I received more than 20 > emails from people on the list that complained that they didn't know about > the beta in enough advance time and thus were not allowed to participate > because of the 150 site limit. I must admit I have (significantly) more empathy for Teds position than Brians. I'm not averse to the announcement of a (possibly upcoming) beta with a link for those interested to go investigate. Full-on marketing on the list I can do without. Personal opinion only of course - maybe "Big D" could proffer a definitive stance. Shane ... -- Eric Bielefeld Systems Programmer Aviva USA Des Moines, Iowa 515-645-5153 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
