Re: [xml-dev] ADMIN: ZapThink report offer

[Ron Schmelzer <rschmelzer@zapthink.com>]

Point taken. For the next report release, I'll just mention that it is
available if any one cares to look at it.

Thanks.
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sterin, Ilya" <Isterin@ciber.com>
To: "'Ron Schmelzer '" <rschmelzer@zapthink.com>; "'John Cowan '"
<jcowan@reutershealth.com>
Cc: <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 12:19 PM
Subject: RE: [xml-dev] ADMIN: ZapThink report offer


> I think John was refering more to not advetising here period.  This list
> refers mostly to open source standards (www.w3.org) and the development of
> XML, so a brief note stating that Zapthink does research in the field
should
> be enough.  People wanting to get reports can visit your site whenever
> convenient for them.  It would be a different circumstance if the report
was
> free, then everyone knows that you are not SPAMing here for profit, but if
> every company inovolved in XML would start posting their products to this
> list, this would definitely undermind the list's purpose.
>
> Ilya
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Schmelzer
> To: John Cowan
> Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Sent: 9/21/01 10:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [xml-dev] ADMIN: ZapThink report offer
>
> Thanks for the note, but I've gotten contradictory feedback: one group
> says
> to post all the details about an offering so that users can evaluate its
> merits while the other says just post a short note. Judging from
> reactions
> by others, it seems that there's no agreement. So, I've done the former.
> If
> users just want me to post "This report is now available", then I will
> do
> that next time.
>
> Perhaps what would help would be a good example of what people would
> like to
> see on this list.
>
> Thanks,
> Ron
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Cowan" <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
> To: "Ron Schmelzer" <rschmelzer@zapthink.com>
> Cc: <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 12:05 PM
> Subject: [xml-dev] ADMIN: ZapThink report offer
>
>
> > Ron Schmelzer wrote:
> >
> > > ZapThink Announces the Release of its XML Databases and Persistence
> > > Engines Report
> >
> >
> > Since this report costs $795, I think it inappropriate to use xml-dev
> > as an advertising medium for your product.  A bare announcement would
> > be one thing, but your posting goes far beyond that: it is essentially
> > spam.
> >
> > xml-dev has remained blessedly spam-free to date: let's keep it
> > that way.
> >
> > --
> > Not to perambulate             || John Cowan
> <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
> >     the corridors               || http://www.reutershealth.com
> > during the hours of repose     || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
> >     in the boots of ascension.  \\ Sign in Austrian ski-resort hotel
> >
>
>
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