*BSD News Article 38141


Return to BSD News archive

Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps
Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!festival!edcogsci!richard
From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)
Subject: Re: Commercial postings?
Message-ID: <CzKo3u.Bq9@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
Keywords: Commercial, X Server, BSD
Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh
References: <3alphr$8aa@potogold.rmii.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 1994 15:23:53 GMT
Lines: 22

In article <3alphr$8aa@potogold.rmii.com> jdc@crab.xinside.com (Jeremy Chatfield) writes:
>I have no idea where I can post or advertise to reach NetBSD users.

First let me thank you for posting such a reasonable request, rather
than just sending your advertising to a random selection of groups.
As someone who frequently finds inappropriate commercial postings
annoying, I'm encouraged to see such fine netiquette.

My view is that the current level of commercial advertising relating
to NetBSD (and FreeBSD) is so low that using c.o.3.announce would be
reasonable.  The moderator could add a keyword to commercial postings
so that we can filter them out if we wish.  If the volume increases,
we can create another group.

What do other people think?

-- Richard
-- 
Satan himself, in a sermon preached from the pulpit of North Berwick
church, comforted his many servants by assuring them that no harm could
befall them "sa lang as their hair wes on, an sould newir latt ane teir
fall fra thair ene".                    - J G Frazer, The Golden Bough