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But it isn't that there are ads added to one's mailings so much as that the impression is given that the links to the ads were the intention of the author. It could of course be that I might have intended the link, and used the fact that it will appear as part of the intention of my message. We could have some fun doing that - but for legal reasons of course I wouldn't recommend it :-) I must add here though that in the above message, all links are NOT my intention and if there are any then they are added without my approval but rather with my objection. Not that I dislike the product in question. I do use it a lot with much satisfaction and, no, I don't have any interests in saying that. But I bought it long ago (version 4?) - perhaps before the present practises started. Regards -- Stephen Green Partner SystML, http://www.systml.co.uk Tel: +44 (0) 117 9541606 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+22:37 .. and voice On 22/06/07, Michael Kay <mike@s...> wrote: > > How would you like it if everytime you posted an annoucement of a new > > release of saxon on xml-dev, the post was modified with every > > occurance of "saxon" linked to a Stylus Studio page > > Well, if you Google for Saxon you will find my pages listed alongside > advertisements linking to my competitors. In fact, even SourceForge do that, > as do my publishers, Wiley. I don't like it much, but I can live with it. > I'm not saying it's good, I'm just saying it's a game that everyone plays. I > agree that adding links to the text feels worse than putting ads in the > margin, but it's just a matter of degree. Everyone is shouting ever louder > to be heard above the noise. And you never know, the seller in the fruit > market who shouts his wares the loudest might actually have some good > tomatoes on offer. >
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