I'm pretty new on this list so I don't know what the "community
standards" are, but I don't really view Mary's post as spam. To me,
spam is sending out messages to zillions of random addresses about
things like how to order Viagra, how to enlarge certain body parts,
etc.
Mary's post seems to more a gray area. I personally am not offended by
a one-time, low-key announcement of a newly-available book that is very
relevant to OOo. If this message were sent multiple times, like every
week, that would be way different. I think the OOo community can only
benefit, not be harmed, from more commercial publications about OOo. So
to have a single e-mail (out of the 80 or so we get daily from this
list!) announcing a new book, to me is no big deal.
-----Original Message-----
From: G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: users@openoffice.org
Cc: discuss@openoffice.org; dev@scripting.openoffice.org
Sent: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 08:08:38 -0500
Subject: [users] Re: Manual available for OpenOffice.org 2.0
On Wed, 02 Nov 2005 13:20:15 -0600, Mary Leete wrote:
Hello!
Congratulations to all who worked on OOo 2.0! It's fabulous!
If anyone is looking for a great manual, Free Software For Dummies,
includes about 200 pages on OpenOffice.org 2.0. It's newly published
and
received excellent reviews in the Chicago Tribune, LA Times and
elsewhere. It has several chapters on all the major programs: Writer,
Calc, Base, Draw, and Impress, plus it includes other free software as
well, such as The GIMP, Firefox, and more. And it only costs $14.95 on
Amazon. Please spread the word!
Congratulations again on your success!
Mary Leete
Author of Free Software For Dummies
Mary,
THIS IS SPAM.
Legitimate authors do NOT need to spam mailing lists to generate sales.
They help on the list. Unlike real authors, such as Andrew Pitonyak and
Jean Hollis Weber, who help on this list, you have not bothered. In fact
this is the sole message in the list(s) archives. One message, really.
Your subject is misleading in that it implies that yours is the only
manual. Not so, the Documentation project and OOoAuthors group, already
have manuals available and for FREE in softcopy and at a reasonable cost
for printed.
In conclusion, I see that you and maybe some others think that by
abusing
the OOo mailings lists for a personal profit is okay, I do not.
I think that if you read your terms of service agreement with your ISP
you
will find that you have made a mistake. I will bet that your publisher
will also not be happy.
Enjoy your profits.
--
Documentation Co-lead
"Dinna meddle wi' things ye ken nuthin' aboot!"
J.H.
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