Dear Dr. Scott, You wrote: > Ok, this *is* starting to drift off the topic since > it is beginning to have little to do with the > current complaint.
Sorry if you feel it's a continue of the current complaint, but it is not, that's why the subject is new. But I think it happens all the time here that topic may drift from it's original discussion and I hope this is not the policy of this list that no topic drifting is allowed. >I hope we don't go into the open > source debate or take that debate to some other > venue! These are my personal feelings and sort of > list policy. If I understand correctly there is no discussion about open source allowed in this list, correct? What other topics are taboos? >It is > *NOT* about commercial announcements to the list. Certainly I understand the English text in the previous complaints, but as said my "feeling expression" (I don't want to call it complaint) is not a straight continue of the previous posts, it's new. I'm sorry if you feel offended because you may think my posts were not following the policy of the list. I still like to hang out with this list, so whatever you say it's the policy of the list, I will pay more attention in the future posts. Regards, Irene He --- Info-LabVIEW List Maintainer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 9:47 -0700 6/1/04, Irene He wrote: > >I don't really think it's totally off topic from > this list, because it can also be LabVIEW related. > > >From what I have read recently, I feel people are > more tolerant about so called "freeware", but notice > not all freeware are really "free" even it says > "free", it's only free for personal use, not > commercial...so how many real value is it just > because it's called "free"? > > >Regarding the ad, I like to see some short ad in > this list. I like to get notified about new things > in LabVIEW world, so that I know one day if I need > this feature, there is a way to go rather than > sitting in the dark. > > Ok, this *is* starting to drift off the topic since > it is beginning to have little to do with the > current complaint. I hope we don't go into the open > source debate or take that debate to some other > venue! These are my personal feelings and sort of > list policy. This policy can be changed by the > wishes of the majority in a completely > non-scientific way. (squeeky wheel democracy). > > The original complaint was that someone's email > address was "harvested" from the list email by > another subscriber and then commercial advertising > was sent to that person. The sender claims that the > address came from other means. If you post to the > list, your email address is exposed to all other > members of the list. There is no way to stop others > from sending private messages. In fact that is one > of the good things and encourages off-list personal > interaction. Some may be offended by this email > contact and are free to express that feeling. It is > *NOT* about commercial announcements to the list. > > The list had a policy under Tom and I will continue > it that short product announcements are allowed. > These should be announcements of new products and > not just periodic advertising. I think it is > important for members of the list to stay current > with hardware and software offerings both "free" and > commercial. As many have pointed out evaluate where > and what the real cost is of obtaining software and > hardware. > > AFAIK, the list is not mirrored on any "newsgroup" > so that bulk harvesting of addresses by a spambot is > much more difficult. As we know all newsgroups are > actively harvested. I hope that spam is not created > by posting to this list, but I can't guarantee it > and I would like to minimize the chance. > > -Scott > -- > Dr. Scott Hannahs, National High > Magnetic Field Lab > Info-LabVIEW List Maintainer > <http://sthmac.magnet.fsu.edu/labview> > > Subscribe: > <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Unsubscribe: > <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ===== Irene He Yahoo Messenger ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.geocities.com/irene_he www.hytekautomation.com
