[NTLUG:Discuss] Press Release

[Randy Seibert]

wah wah....delete the message if it bothers you so bad
-----Original Message-----
From: Kendall Clark <kclark at ntlug.org>
To: discuss at ntlug.org <discuss at ntlug.org>
Date: Friday, February 25, 2000 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Press Release


>>>>>> "Allen" == Allen Flick <allenflick at home.com> writes:
>
>    Allen> Kendall Clark wrote:
>    >> >>>>> "Allen" == Allen Flick <allenflick at home.com> writes:
>    >> 
>    Allen> <http://www.intervoice-brite.com/press/2000/p0500.html>
>    >>
>    Allen> Check out the above URL.  It's a press release from where I
>    Allen> work.
>    >>  Uh, that's not really appropriate for this list.
>    >> 
>    >> <Kendall/>
>
>    Allen> Uh, sorry.  I thought this was the North Texas *LINUX*
>    Allen> Users Group mail list.  Guess it's not, or maybe you don't
>    Allen> care if someone is using Linux unless they have a question
>    Allen> for you you can try to answer & feel important by knowing
>    Allen> more than they.
>
>Yeah, that's it. That's why we all do this. How'd you figure it out? :>
>
>It's not appropriate because there are dozens and dozens of *Linux*
>press releases *every day* now. Would this list be very usable if all
>of us forwarded a URL to a press release without any comment on how it 
>could possibly be relevant to people on this list? I don't think so.
>
>If you had taken an additional 30 seconds to explain how your
>company's press release was relevant to folks on this list, then it
>would have been more appropriate. It's not so much what *you* did it's 
>more a matter of setting a policy that everyone can live with; if
>everyone did this, the list would become unusable.
>
>Btw, if you had wanted to make a case for why a URL to your company's
>press release *is* appropriate on this list, you could have done that,
>rather than hiding behind a sarcastic reply.
>
>Best,
>Kendall
>
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