Subject: Re: DSSSList policy question From: Vivek Agrawala <vivek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 10:00:33 -0400 |
David Megginson wrote: > I live in the country (Canada) with the cheapest over-the-phone > Internet access in the world, according the THE ECONOMIST (they > include the cost of the local phone call). As a result, perhaps I > place too little value on my online time; in any case, I have no > objection to goods-and-service announcements (or job postings) that > meet the following criteria: > > 1) they have strong relevance to DSSSL; > 2) they are technical and factual in nature; > 3) they are short; and > 4) they are not repeated for the same release/conference/course/position. > > I would not like to see anonymous job announcements or job > announcements from head-hunting firms. Paul Prescod wrote: > I would urge a rule I heard about in another list: advertisments may be > four lines long and may be only posted once. This will filter out > mindless headhunters and spams, but not thougtful: "I've got a new > book", "We've got a new product", "We've got a job opening" postings. I agree with Paul & David's points. However, is there a good way to enforce Paul's suggestion? If not, I'd prefer to restrict the mailing list to technical questions, answers & information. -- Vivek Agrawala, Ph.D. Siemens Corporate Research, Inc. email: vivek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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