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From: jwi@lzfme.att.com (Jim Winer @ AT&T, Middletown, NJ)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Results of informal vote on F-O-R S-A-L-E items
Summary: Keep FOR SALE
Message-ID: <1569@lzfme.att.com>
Date: 17 Aug 89 13:27:38 GMT
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Organization: AT&T, Lincroft NJ
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| 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
| 
| John B. Jones writes:
|
| 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....

You forgot to count the 15,000 or more don't care votes. Most of us
would rather hear about PC stuff here than wade through the the used
cars, houses in New Jersey, Macintosh and Atari stuff in the regular
FOR SALE groups. All we really need is a large FOR SALE and the type
of item in the subject line.

Jim Winer ..!lzfme!jwi (Please don't email, unable to reply.)

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