Yes, I DO want to see commerical notices, as long as they are fairly
small, and clearly labeled as such, preferably with a URL for more
detailed info.

Many questions in this list ask for help with a problem that involves
some sort of commerical product. I would think that a vendor notice
once or twice a year would not overload this group (clearly, someone who
sends out daily notices deserves to get nuked.)

I am still waiting for a standard way to mark subject lines as being
advertisements, so those of us not interested could filter these
messages out.

Meanwhile, I don't care if they are making money or not, any company
that helps out the HP3K world is a good thing for all of us HP users.





Chris Goodey
World2Market.com, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Chuck Ryan
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 7:39 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Taming the Error Monster Chat Transcript Available
on3kworld


What you say may be true.

But, correct me if I am wrong, 3kWorld is a for profit company and not some
altruistic support group out to ensure the health and welfare of the 3000
community.

Do we really want every 3000 related company, and any company who thinks
their product might be related, posting product announcements to a
discussion list?

If you allow one company to do it, you must allow all companies to do it.


-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn Gordon [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 9:20 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Taming the Error Monster Chat Transcript Available
on3kworld


I'm sure that 3kWorld would put a link up if you asked them.

This list isn't so busy that having some group actively support it is a
problem in my opinion.  Why are people always jumping on some of the
biggest 3000 supporters, but not on others for much the same traffic?  It
seems we have this conversation every few months.

I'm of the opinion that if someone is actively supporting our little niche,
then the least we can do is put up with a little bandwidth from them.

Shawn