Re: Win a SAAB at COMMON ! -- MIDRANGE-L

Does anyone else have a problem with this or am I out in left field.  I'm
not sure this is the image I want associated with a user group for which I
volunteer to speak. It sounds more and more like a commercial enterprise.  

I have attended every COMMON since April 1977 in Chicago and have spoken at
every COMMON since October 1977 in Boston.  I am debating whether September
1998 in Anaheim will be my last conference as a speaker.

Am I overreacting?

>I hope David doesn't consider this an advertisement and kick me off the 
>list !   =:-o
>
>Anyone check out the http://www.common.org/ page lately ?
>Attendees at the Fall COMMON conference can enter a draw to win a SAAB 
>9-3 Convertible !!!
>
>
>Win a new SAAB at COMMON's Fall
>                                     Conference in Anaheim!
>
>
>                                     There's a one-of-a-kind SAAB story 
>happening at the
>                                     Fall Conference in Anaheim. As 
>part of a special
>                                     promotion, SAAB will be taking 
>entries in their great
>                                     car giveaway contest. SAAB has 
>picked the Fall
>                                     Conference in Anaheim to kick off 
>their celebration of
>                                     their Intranet Retail Information 
>Systems (IRIS),
>                                     which helps SAAB retailers serve 
>customers and
>                                     prospects more efficiently. IRIS 
>runs on an AS/400
>                                     central server and was developed 
>jointly by SAAB
>              and IBM Global Services. So while you're at the Expo area 
>during the Fall
>              Conference, stop by the SAAB booth, see an IRIS 
>demonstration, learn about
>              e-commerce solutions at SAAB and complete your entry in 
>their contest. Next thing
>              you know, you could be driving a brand-new SAAB 9-3 
>Convertible. For more
>              information about SAAB, visit http://www.saab.com
>       (Saab USA at http://www.saabusa.com/ )
>
>
>
>Neil Palmer         DPS Data Processing Services Canada Ltd.
>                                             AS/400~~~~~
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>
>
>
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Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 1065, Okemos, MI 48854, USA
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