Thus it was written in the epistle of F. Alfredo Rego,
>
> I am VERY sorry but I disagree with Gavin.  This would cheapen the
> message and would put it on the same level as the fully-packed ads
> we see all the time.  The "signatures" and URLs would not be elegant.
> How about just signing as "MPE users, worldwide" (or HP3000, or HPe3000)?

I'm with Alfredo.  Simple.  Elegant.

Another disadvantage of adding URLs that it becomes corporate-sponsored, even
if the funding really is from individuals.  I'm wondering if it would
accomplish some of what Ken and Gavin are wanting without detracting to add
a P.S.


Dear Carly:

We like the HP 3000 that Hewlett-Packard
invented 25 years ago so much that
we took out a full-page ad in
The Wall Street Journal to tell you.

Signed,
MPE users worldwide

P.S.  Your turn next.  Tell them how it
runs their online retailing and their
credit unions and sells them their
airline tickets.  Tell them about
http://www.hp.com/go/3000.

I don't know if I like it--just an idea.

> What we really want, though, is to make people wonder and to motivate
> some journalists to ask some deep questions :-)

Right, but we want to strike the balance--we can lose our audience with too
little just as well as with too much :-(.

Ted
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