Re: Midrange-L commercialization versus information

Absolutely - Paragraph  one says it all.  Offers a solution to a Post and
identifies as a  vendor.

Glenn
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Glenn Ericson,          Phoenix Consulting                      
P O Box 701164   East Elmhurst NY 11370-3164 USA                            
Ph. 718 898 9805         Fx. 718 446 1150
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At 12:31 PM 7/21/97 +0000, you wrote:
>If someone has a problem which they post to Midrange-L and a vendor has a
>solution to that problem, is there anything wrong with the vendor sending a
>response indicating they have a solution as long as they also indicate they
>sell the product?
>
>There have been several instances in the past when we have "discovered"
>products of which we were not aware based on someone's (perhaps a vendor's)
>response to a question.  Knowing what is availble on the market is as
>valuable as knowing how to make Client Access work or how to code something
>in RPG IV or CL.
>
>I do not want to see Midrange-L become an advetiser's paradise.  Nor do I
>want to be precluded from learning about other people's solutions to
>problems just because the person who knows about the solution also happens
>to sell it.
>
>
>Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.
>PO Box 1065, Okemos, MI 48854, USA
>517-676-9700  Fax: 517-676-1006  EMAIL: cmassoglia@voyager.net
>
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