Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 12:22:48 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: branson@widomaker.com (Branson Matheson) Cc: bbecker@flubber.futurecomm.com, joe@smartlink.net, randy@rg.net, dennis@etinc.com, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, postmaster@freebsd.org, freebsd-chat Subject: Re: Ethernet Bandwidth Manager Message-ID: <199607021922.MAA02456@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199607021912.PAA26443@garion.hq.ferg.com> from "Branson Matheson" at Jul 2, 96 03:12:17 pm
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Branson Matheson wrote: > > -------- > > bbecker@flubber.futurecomm.com uttered with conviction : > > > You have a point, but i think he does too. The posti ng looked to > > me to be more of a sales-pitch than anything else. Ad copy do esn't > > belong in here, does it? Even the BSDI notes about new versions > > that you see here, don't sound like a straw-hat-and-cane routine. > > > > I'd prefer seeing pointers to ads as a result of some one asking a > > question. That gives everyone a choice. > > Yes... but it is also an extra step that can be difficult for those > that are accross uucp or read their mail offline. > > Hrmmm.. ok on this note let me ask this question .. ( and I have cc'd > to the FBSD Postmaster ), If there were a mailing list for FreeBSD > commercial products... freebsd-commercial or some such, how many > would be interested ( as I am ) in subscribing to it? let me speak here as THE POSTMASTER ;) dennis's mailing was entirely appropriate. all vendors would do well to use it as a guideline. such mailings should be: clear relevant brief contain pointer for more info contain pricing commercial interest in developing products for FreeBSD is GOOD tasteful mailings are to be encouraged, just as inappropriate ones are to be discouraged. anyone that has a problem with this policy should continue the discussion on FreeBSD-chat. it is no longer relevant to freebsd-isp jmb -- Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/ PGP 2.6.2 Fingerprint: 31 57 41 56 06 C1 40 13 C5 1C E3 E5 DC 62 0E FB
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