I agree with Allan (and others). I have seen nothing from Shai that is not relevant to this list. And it's way better than pedantic repeats of things that have been hashed out many times.
Jerry Whitteridge Design Engineer Safeway Inc. 925 951 4184 If you feel in control you just aren't going fast enough. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of Staller, Allan > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 5:23 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Ads on IBM-MAIN > > I do not feel that Shai has violated the spirit of this list. He is > not > charging for his product. > There have been occasional posts from one of the major software > vendors > (actually an individual working at that vendor) > that come far closer to "crossing the line" than Shai. But again, > they > were providing information, not soliciting. > > Unlike Ed, I prefer to have information about something that might > (or > might not) be of use to me. > Information is the commodity this list was created to exchange. > Most of the posts on this list take less than 10 seconds to read > (including this one). > > I can spare 10 seconds a few times a day to read the posts and > decide if > they are of any interest. > > Just my $0.02 USD > > > <snip> > While I am sure its a nice product, a list dedicated to it is > appropriate. > > Ed > > .....Snippage > > > > I was going to write you off list but since you brought it up. > There > is a on going advertisement on the list here that started as a minor > annoyance and become a major pita. > > That is the bandwidth pig on IBM-MAIN of mfnet or what ever it's > called. IMO it should be moved off to a separate list. The constant > announcements of features and bugs and trial offers is getting past > noise and is worth setting up a spam filter for. > > Could you please consider asking the author to create it's own > list, > please? Thanks. > > > > Ed > </snip> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN > INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html "Email Firewall" made the following annotations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Warning: All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the corporate e-mail system, and is subject to archival and review by someone other than the recipient. This e-mail may contain proprietary information and is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that you have received this message in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. ============================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
