Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site infopro.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!infopro!dave From: dave@infopro.UUCP (David Fiedler) Newsgroups: net.wanted,net.news.sa,net.news.adm Subject: RE: Re: UNIX Reference Materials --- Product Announcement By SSC Message-ID: <42@infopro.UUCP> Date: Sat, 3-Mar-84 18:25:22 EST Article-I.D.: infopro.42 Posted: Sat Mar 3 18:25:22 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 5-Mar-84 01:06:21 EST References: <195@cepu.UUCP> Organization: InfoPro Systems, Denville, NJ Lines: 16 -->How about a news group for product announcments and adverts (net.adds -->or net.madison_ave)? That is a portion of the net that is SPECIFICLY -->for comercial purposes. -->Any discussion on this? -->Stephen C. Woods (VA Wadsworth Med Ctr./UCLA Dept. of Neurology) I think this is a terrific idea. There are probably as many people who like reading advertisements (which can often be a source of valuable information) as those who think they stink. Text-only ads, as on the net, are probably a lot less objectionable than pictures of scantily-clad young ladies used to sell ball bearings, but they should still have their own newsgroup. I propose it be called net.ads, and second the motion. "That's the biz, sweetheart..." Dave Fiedler {harpo,astrovax,philabs}!infopro!dave