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I've often thought that the convention was something like: ANNOUNCE (Commercial) yada yada yada.... This way the purists could just delete what they're not interested in, and those of us wanting it can look at it. Dave LeBlanc > -----Original Message----- > From: Ramin Firoozye [mailto:ramin@w...] > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 11:51 AM > To: xml-dev@l... > Subject: RE: ANNOUNCE > > > > I'm glad this came up. I am a long-time lurker on this list and personally > appreciate hearing about both commercial and open-source offerings. We are > about to announce our own XML-based commercial product any day > now and I was > planning on posting a courtesy message on this list. > > My understanding was that as long as the message was clearly marked (say > with 'ANN' or 'ANNOUNCE' in the subject line) it was OK. However, > if this is > something people are violently opposed to, we'll be good netizens > and won't > post anything. > > I'm hoping there is a clear consensus (or even better, a > directive from the > list managers) on this. > > Any thoughts? > > Regards, > Ramin Firoozye' > Wizen Software > > > > > On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Robert C. Lyons wrote: > > > Perhaps I'm in the minority, but I welcome > > > announcements of new software products (and > > > new freeware) that are related to XML > > > development. > > > > There is a big difference between announcing > > the availability of open source software which > > I can learn from, and announcing the release > > of a new/improved closed source program which > > I cannot freely use, adapt, and modify. > > > > If every XML related commercial product were > > announced here, the noise ratio would be > > extremely high... and to let one commercial > > vendor announce without chastisement is > > just plain unfair. > > > > Further, when ever open source products > > are announced here they are usually announced > > by regular participants -- on average commercial > > announcemnts are made by individuals who have > > shared very little with the serious content > > expressed on this list. > > > > Lastly, there is a captive audience of serious > > professionals here. A post costs us all a good > > deal of time ($$). I'm here beacuse I expect to > > receive e-mail from my peers. Commercial vendors > > are not paying for me to see their advertisements. > > Are they? Why should they be privleged with > > advertising rights upon a medium which they have > > not built. > > > > I hope this helps explain how I and I think > > many other people on this list feel. > > > > Best, > > > > Clark > > >
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