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Article #2345Re: Prices on c.s.n.announce
From: Alex Blakemore
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 03:47
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 03:47
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In article <1992Aug29.011929.11683@nic.umass.edu> a74k110@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Chris Lloyd) writes: > If anything the pricing information makes them less hype and more informative. Please allow prices Todd, a one or two lines at the bottom would make the announcements MUCH more useful. The moderator could use his judgement to prevent announcements where little new info is added, just as he should do when prices are not involved. Even _permanent_ price changes, like one company's recent cutting of their price for objects to a fraction of their previous cost is a worthy announcement. It says alot of the state of that market and the economic viability of reuse. Disallow notices of temporary sales if you wish. Prices are not evil. Commerce is not evil. Prices would convey a hell of a lot more information than most of the blather that goes on in this group. We sure discuss the price of NS486 to death, but that is somehow different? We are big boys and girls and should be trusted to see the information. Call for a vote Todd or create a real questionaire. -- --------------------------------------------------- Alex Blakemore alex@cs.umd.edu NeXT mail accepted
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!dtix!mimsy!alex From: alex@cs.umd.edu (Alex Blakemore) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: Prices on c.s.n.announce Message-ID: <59961@mimsy.umd.edu> Date: 29 Aug 92 03:47:23 GMT References: <1992Aug28.193432.14085@utstat.uucp> <1992Aug28.230103.2854@ifi.unizh.ch> <1992Aug29.011929.11683@nic.umass.edu> Sender: news@mimsy.umd.edu Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 23