[10420] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Please cease and desist from posting unsolicited advertising to internet mailing lists.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Sommerfeld)
Tue Feb 22 15:12:27 1994
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 15:05:14 -0500
From: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@apollo.hp.com>
To: 70724.377@compuserve.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <940222193249_70724.377_CHG95-8@CompuServe.COM> (message from John Anthony Bailo on 22 Feb 94 14:32:49 EST)
Date: 22 Feb 94 14:32:49 EST
From: John Anthony Bailo <70724.377@CompuServe.COM>
Mr. Sommerfeld,
I note that you are a member of an organization
which regularly promotes and distributes information
about its products. I heartly enjoy reading about
them and think your workstations are fantastic.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Won't you please extend me the same courtesy?
No. HP does not use the Internet for unsolicited broadcast
solicitations in violation of most network Acceptible Use Policies.
Occasionally, HP employees will post press releases to
*relevant* newsgroups and/or mailing lists, when requested to do so by
the membership of those lists. This is different; if you don't
understand why, I suggest you stop posting to Internet mailing lists
until you do.
As you acknowledge, HP products are generally innovative in various
ways, and require years of research and development to produce. Your
product (digitized photographs) are a dime a dozen, and can be
produced in minutes with a color scanner.
By the by, would you like a free image from our
fine, fine product, Beautiful Seattle Wallpaper for
Windows?
No, I don't use Microsloth Windows, and frankly, if I wanted digitized
photos, I'd take them down the hall to the nearest color scanner and
do the work myself.
- Bill
(speaking for my self, not my employer).
