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From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Osborne, Bruce W. (NS)
Sent: 14 août 2010 06:36
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] List Guidelines
Vendors are nuts to auto-subscribe people from the posting on this
list. I'm always leery of unsolicited communications (regardless of
the medium). It's good to know that it's happening to watch for it -
we can pick off the bad ones and selectively ignore the rest :)
The world currently can read
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Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] List Guidelines reminder
What I'm tired of is being subscribed to vendor communications shortly
after I post here. I'll unsubscribe, and then after a new post/reply, I'm
suddenly added to their marketing lists again. It tells me that while vendors
may
I totally see your point. We walk a fine line with the AHECTA listserv
as well. So my compromise would be that it would be okay for a vendor
to solicit opinion but that all replies to the vendor should be off
list. The problem with that however is even in this day and age of
technology, people
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On 12/08/2010 18:13, Philippe Hanset wrote:
Also, having vendors on the list is reciprocally beneficial.
I would agree, there have been notable posts in the past from
vendors either offering assistance with bugs or coming in with
general
Thank you Philippe!
I'm surprised we even let vendors on the list.
Have we ever considered limiting it to .edu's?
Pete M.
-Original Message-
From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Philippe Hanset
Sent:
Pete,
Educause has been debating on and off about letting commercial entities on the
list.
Let's face it, having an edu email is not really hard to get, so the filtering
could be a real hassle.
Also, having vendors on the list is reciprocally beneficial.
Some of our discussions can help vendors
As someone who works in A UK (Scottish) University I have a .ac.Ku address
rather than a .edu and would hope I occasionally contribute something of value.
(I certainly find some of the posts extremely interesting.)
This email has been sent from a mobile phone, please excuse any creative
Shouldn't it be okay for a vendor to solicit both positive and negative
comments on their own equipment? If you'll reread the post, Devin was
asking for comments about his own companies equipment. Seems if a
vendor is willing to let the dirty laundry out concerning their own
stuff it should be
Rick,
Where does this stop?
If one vendor solicits a honest opinion on the list, all vendors could.
A slippery slope that could potentially destroy the original intent of the list
(not mentioning the undesirable SPAM).
The original purpose of the list is to share knowledge between educational
What I'm tired of is being subscribed to vendor communications shortly after
I post here. I'll unsubscribe, and then after a new post/reply, I'm suddenly
added to their marketing lists again. It tells me that while vendors may not be
posting here, they are mining the lists for email contacts.
-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Sessler
[j...@scrippscollege.edu]
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 6:26 PM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] List Guidelines reminder
What I'm tired of is being subscribed to vendor communications shortly after
I post here. I'll
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