On 10 Jun 2010, at 06:07, Rich Mellor wrote: > As for Marcel's and Jochen's comments about posting information on wikis > being regarded as self-advertising - well, there are some views on this: > 1. Surely the software / hardware designers are best positioned to provide > the background of the hardware and software? > 2. The internet may be aimed at providing information, but 99% of sites > (including wikis) are used for promotion of business - after all, not many > people can afford to set up and maintain a website longterm without it > providing some source of revenue. If someone is interested in reading about > QPC2 for example, why leave it open ended as to where they can now obtain a > copy from ? That is like telling someone about a wonderful product which > will change their lives immensely, but if they want to get hold of it, sorry > - just look on google and see if anyone else has listed it for sale... > 3. What is wrong with self-promotion? Surely anyone who writes a CV out and > puts it online on a job site is doing just that thing and nobody would argue > against doing that.
Marcel's and Jochen's comments made me think twice about considering adding information about my TurboPTR on Rich's site. I am glad that there are other opinions, and I will try and assembles information about TurboPTR for the Wiki - unless someone else gets there first. George _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
