I'd like to clear up a few things about the
situation regarding F-Squared Labs.
1. F-Squared Labs did NOT post its message to
the IEEE listserver. It appeared in our
distribution because one of our subscribers
inadvertantly included it as an attachment
to his posting.
As you know, we have a strictly-enforced
policy against advertising. Any advertising
posting results in immediate removal from
our mailing list.
The listserver is set up so that no non-
subscriber may post anything to our list.
2. Our subscriber list is ONLY available to
subscribers.
I maintain copies of our subscriber e-mail
addresses. I collect these several times a
year. I searched my past subscriber lists
for all combinations of 'mark,' 'nabar,' and
'labs.' I did not find any matches back to
September of 1998. So, unless it was some
other subscriber name, it appears that F-
Squared Labs did NOT get a copy of our
subscriber list.
Jim Bacher, one of our admins, told me that
he received two copies of the F-Squared Labs
message, one using his subscribed address
and the other using an address that has not
been subscribed for several years. So, we
don't really know where F-Squared Labs has
gotten our addresses.
So, somewhere, F-Squared Labs obtained a
list of many of us who also subscribe to this
listserver. (I received my own copy of the
message today!) We don't think they got a
copy of our subscriber list unless it is from
several years back, but not older than 1996.
Or, they could have gotten a copy of the list
from one of our subscribers. We have no
means of preventing a subscriber from down-
loading the list and providing it to someone
else.
3. Kate McLean pointed out that, by discussing
their message, we have given F-Squared Labs
better publicity than they could have expected!
When these sorts of things come up, please
don't post admin-type issues to the entire
list. Instead, please get in touch with
one of us who administers the listserver.
We're listed at the bottom of every message!
If you want to discuss this further, please direct
your e-mail to Jim, Michael, and me.
Best regards,
Rich
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