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In article <1icosrINN86c@agate.berkeley.edu> lazzaro@boom.CS.Berkeley.EDU (John Lazzaro) writes:
>I agree, but when the author of the TR ("A") sends author "B" a copy
>of the TR and says "please reference my work in future papers," does
>"B" has an obligation to abide by these wishes?

I'd be inclined to respect A's wishes, but I'd prefer to back it up if
possible with an appropriate journal or conference paper.  Mind you,
I'm not saying I'd *never* cite a tech. report -- I just try to avoid
doing so whenever possible.  If it's unavoidable, the sensible thing
seems (to me) to be prepared to supply the tech report on demand
(i.e., the onus is on me to produce a copy, not the reader).

In article <HAGERMAN.93Jan6123758@rx7.ece.cmu.edu> hagerman@ece.cmu.edu (John Hagerman) writes:
>In article <58285@dime.cs.umass.edu> connolly@piglet.cs.umass.edu (Christopher Ian Connolly) writes:
>>
>> I'm ... not keen on using [tech reports] as primary sources.
>
>How about books?  

But books normally aren't primary sources!  Most are secondary
sources; good for well-established results that originally appeared in
journals or conferences, or classical results in say, mathematics.
Then there are books which are collections from workshops or
conferences.  In either case, the material appearing in a book usually
*has* been peer-reviewed at some point.

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