Scott, I was tricked into thinking that this was a free workshop given to the public. HOSEF or any of your postings does not tend to trick people in anyway, shape or form.
This is spam to me because I was made to believe something that it was not and then I've gotten the same offer again from this email forum. Virgil On 10/21/03 9:18 AM, "R.Scott Belford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that the chance to learn is a good thing. We do have an > unposted list policy against commercial solicitation, which this seemed > to be. It does beg the question, though, about my own emails regarding > HOSEF which, I sometimes fear, border on spam. I justify it because it > is a charitable non-profit promoting Open Source, but .... > > Once I followed the link to this workshop, I will say that I was > dismayed by the self-promotion of the speaker and the heavy corporate > sponsorship. They really don't need our donated bandwidth and > equipment for their promotion, do they? > > --scott > > > On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 08:51 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > >> Can you believe I was actually considering bringing DoE staff to this? >> >> What was I thinking! Someone should 505 the poster indefintely from >> the >> list server. >> >> Tom >> >> >> >> On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Vince Hoang wrote: >> >>> Is it the content or presentation that is bothering people? >>> Even though the workshop costs money, it is an outlet to learn. >> >> But I don't want X emails a day touting some workshop or >> other. They compete with all the important Viagra and penis-enlargement >> material I'm getting. >> >> I don't think I would have flinched if it had just come once. But >> twice is >> hard sell. >> >> -- >> Karen Lofstrom >> _______________________________________________ >> LUAU mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LUAU mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau
