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In article <1992Aug29.172910.19278@cube.handheld.com> jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras) writes:
>You consider price to be 'hype', rather than 'information', I take it.

No, you got me wrong. I am not generally against prices. I just think
that we should be careful about where we're going. If we allow the hype
to be "beautified" with prices then we will have to cope with seriously
commercial use of this medium, sooner or later. I have received a
mail from one reader of this newsgroup who proposes a solution that
could be abbreviated with "take the hype out of the postings and put as
much information in, as possible or necessary". 

An announcement would then look like this, e.g.

Name: BLAH
Producer: Foo, Inc.
Category: Text Processor
Features: imports RTF text and EPS pictures
          comes with a developer API for custom apps
          max. size of document: blabla
Contact:  somestreet 234, somecity xxx
          Fax:
          E-Mail:
          Phone:
Price:    $ 0.02

This would not interfere with Usenet guidelines for posting, it would not
need an additional archive server service, it would keep hype out and
get information in. It's quite a viable solution, IMHO. Thanks to Ronald
C. Antony for pointing me to this.

Maybe this will clear things up a little... 

Have fun!
- Apostolos
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