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In article <12955@yunexus.YorkU.CA> shields@yunexus.YorkU.CA (Paul Shields) writes:
>m1tdg00@fsrcs1.fed.frb.gov (Taegan D. Goddard) writes:
>>                           Publish Your Programs!
>>             A Hypertext Guide for the Software Entreprenneur
>
>That looks awefully suspicious to me.  The $20 fee described, with no
>explanation or justification for the price tag, forces me to assume
>that it is a commercial advertisement.
>
>--- FLAME ON! ---
>
>Usenet's purpose is to distribute FREE information.

Really? Where does it say that? Did you have to PAY for Mr. Goddard's
advertisement (any more than you had to pay for any other message
your system received, that is?) Look's to me like his article was
just as FREE as anything else that comes floating through here.

>Upon examination, that message has been SEPARATELY posted to SEVERAL
>newsgroups, forcing my system to store it not once, but many times.

Ooooh. Why don't you flame him for failing to crosspost properly?

>Please excuse my anger, but I use this network so that I may get away
>from advertising.  

Maybe you should consider moving to Antarctica. I understand there's
very little advertising there.

>		    Regardless of the quality of the goods or services
>advertised, postings such as that do not belong here.

You're wrong, they DO belong here. Goddard's product may be very useful
to those of us who don't plan to spend our retirement eating dogfood.
I, for one, thank him for informing us of the existence of this product
and encourage others to post similar informative articles.

>This person has used MY money to store and distribute an
>advertisement.  

WOW! You own the York University Computing Services? Jeez, I am
really impressed.

>		 Perhaps I, and those of you who are also angry at such
>flagrant abuses of the network, should send the advertiser a
>bill for services rendered.

Perhaps you (and those like you) should take your microcephali out of
your asses.

-- 
Dave Mack
Thank you for crossposting to alt.flame. Have a nice day.