Re: Sales Pitches

[David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:07 AM 02/09/2000 , Phil  Kestenbaum wrote:
>I find something very confusing about this list. If a recruiter wanders in
>and offers a perfectly legitimate AS/400 Job opportunity, of which there are
>fewer and fewer these days to begin with, everyone within spitting distance
>starts up the sling shots, but when you have blatant commercial sales
>pitches at every other corner here, that's OK, no one's bothered. It makes
>the honorability of this list very suspect, to the point where I'm not sure
>whether many of the questions posed are merely touts, so that the merchants
>can hustle in their wares.

Phil:

Product information messages are fine, as long as they are addressing a 
specific question or problem that a person has.

For instance: If someone says they are trying to solve XYZ problem, and a 
vendor has a product that will solve XYZ problem, they are allowed and 
encouraged to suggest it.

Unsolicited product announcements and advertisements are not allowed.

Keep in mind, this is a technical forum for finding solutions to problems.

david
MIDRANGE-L Owner / Operator / Despot

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