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From: jbjones@marlin.NOSC.MIL (John B. Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Results of informal vote on F-O-R S-A-L-E items
Summary: With a reach like that you should be playing hoop
Message-ID: <1197@marlin.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 16 Aug 89 15:48:46 GMT
References: <11590@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Reply-To: jbjones@marlin.nosc.mil.UUCP (John B. Jones)
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
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In article <11590@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> tim@cit-vax.UUCP (Timothy L. Kay) writes:

| Now, on to the vote.  I received 20 replies (including one from
| myself).  Should FOR SALE items appear in comp.sys.ibm.pc?
| 
| 	YES:	 6
| 	NO:	14
| 
| How should we interpret this?  If the net were a strict democracy,
| then nothing could be posted.  (If somebody asked me if postings about

| My conclusion about the above numbers, then, is that there is
| sufficient interest in FOR SALE postings that it should continue.  I'd

That's crazy.  There are more than twice as many no votes as yes votes.
I think you're shielding your eyes from results you don't like.  There
are groups for selling things; I don't read them because I don't want to
buy anything right now.  I read this group to find out more about the
fine points of ibm pc systems.  That's what the name implies.  If I want 
to find out how much they cost I can go to a forsale group and get that 
information.
Posting a for-sale message to this group is the ear mark of being out of
touch with group goals; only two people would do it: a disoriented new
user, or a selfish person who wants visability at the price of
consideration.  In essence, think of the group as a whole....

jbjones@marlin.nosc.mil
DISCLAIMER:I set forth these convictions as my own alone.