[8382] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Internet Business Report and Internet Letter
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rose Marie Holt)
Tue Nov 16 16:10:18 1993
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 12:59:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Rose Marie Holt <rmholt@u.washington.edu>
To: sharilee@aol.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9311161415.tn28789@aol.com>
On Tue, 16 Nov 1993 sharilee@aol.com wrote:
> Emotions do run high here, don't they.?
>
> According to Chris Locke on 11-16-93,
> >and I'll be damned if I will let the insinuations it
> >conveys to this community stand without comment
>
> It's one thing to get into a good discussion about products' merits and
> drawbacks at a technical level. It's quite another to turn it into a
> mud-slinging debate.
As a mere mostly follower of these discussions, I think it's OK to defend
one's own honor in the forum in which it is challenged.
>
> Last, but not least, I may not agree with the wording Michael uses to promote
> his publication, but I was surprised and impressed by his reaction a few
> weeks ago. If you will recall, some insults were hurled his way about his
> "Advertising on the Internet" publication promotion. Rather than get online
> and tell me he'll "be damned", he let it ride it's course and we ended up
Other equally valid interpretations of MStrange's reaction:
He doesnt read the lists he posts to
He reads but doesnt care about the opinions of noncustomers, or about
whether or not he offends them when he takes up their email storage space
with unsolicited ads.
He was perfectly satisfied just getting all that attention, because it
was all free advertising
RM Holt
