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Article #2014Re: Borland flaming (was Re: There is now a bugs@borland.com address)
From: Sidney Markowitz
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1991 22:02
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1991 22:02
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plim@hpsgwp.sgp.hp.com (Peter Lim) writes: >Just wondering. If Borland were to formally setup technical support on >usenet and start taking questions and answering them, won't that >become USING (or ABUSING) USENET FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSE ? Isn't that >something forbidden by the rule ? Our connection is to the Internet via NSFNET, which is federally funded and subject to strict guidelines about non-commercial use. Free technical support for members of educational and research institutions and for commercial organizations that have legitimate access to the net so they can support educational and research institutions (and so on, recursively) seems to fall within the guidelines. If the technical support is in the form of a mailing list or newsgroup such that many people at the same time get the benefit of the questions and answers, it is even more definitely within the guidelines. -- sidney markowitz <sidney@borland.com>
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!decwrl!csus.edu!borland.com!sidney From: sidney@borland.com (Sidney Markowitz) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer Subject: Re: Borland flaming (was Re: There is now a bugs@borland.com address) Message-ID: <1991Apr9.220206.2355@borland.com> Date: 9 Apr 91 22:02:06 GMT References: <1991Apr4.015027.2680@objy.com> <5810001@hpsgwp.sgp.hp.com> Organization: Borland International Lines: 18