[NTLUG:Discuss] Press Release

[Kendall Clark]

>>>>> "Allen" == Allen Flick <allenflick at home.com> writes:

    Allen> Kendall Clark wrote:
    >> >>>>> "Allen" == Allen Flick <allenflick at home.com> writes:
    >> 
    Allen> <http://www.intervoice-brite.com/press/2000/p0500.html>
    >>
    Allen> Check out the above URL.  It's a press release from where I
    Allen> work.
    >>  Uh, that's not really appropriate for this list.
    >> 
    >> <Kendall/>

    Allen> Uh, sorry.  I thought this was the North Texas *LINUX*
    Allen> Users Group mail list.  Guess it's not, or maybe you don't
    Allen> care if someone is using Linux unless they have a question
    Allen> for you you can try to answer & feel important by knowing
    Allen> more than they.

Yeah, that's it. That's why we all do this. How'd you figure it out? :>

It's not appropriate because there are dozens and dozens of *Linux*
press releases *every day* now. Would this list be very usable if all
of us forwarded a URL to a press release without any comment on how it 
could possibly be relevant to people on this list? I don't think so.

If you had taken an additional 30 seconds to explain how your
company's press release was relevant to folks on this list, then it
would have been more appropriate. It's not so much what *you* did it's 
more a matter of setting a policy that everyone can live with; if
everyone did this, the list would become unusable.

Btw, if you had wanted to make a case for why a URL to your company's
press release *is* appropriate on this list, you could have done that,
rather than hiding behind a sarcastic reply.

Best,
Kendall