Re: Book For Informix People
> Subject: Re: Book For Informix People > Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 17:20:30 GMT > Reply-To: onlinedbc@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Malcolm Weallans") > Organization: OnLine Database Consultancy > > I don't know about the rest of the people who use CDI, but my feeling is > that this message was a blatant attempt to abuse CDI for commercial > purposes. ... > > Now, If you want advice on being self-employed and enjoying it please > feel free to contact me by e-mail. My fees are quite reasonable. > > Malcolm Weallans > Online Database Consultancy > Phone 0628-72154 > Fax 0628-37463 > CIX - onlinedbc I think your reference to fees was a joke; if it was not, didn't you just do the same thing that you are complaining about? Actually, I am not entirely sure what you ARE complaining about. Yes, CDI is primarily a technical forum. I certainly don't want to see it FLOODED with commercials from vendors. However, we frequently see questions along the lines of "I need a product to do X, do you know of a good one?" and corresponding answers, some from (un)satisfied customers, some from vendors. No complaints about these, as long as the vendors don't send their entire sales pitch. The post you objected to said, in essence: We have a book that might be of interest to Informix types who want to become independent consultants. It contains tips in the following areas ... If you are interested, e-mail us for title and price." How is this different from a vendor announcing that they have a product that might be of interest, other than no question was asked first? Readers of this forum have already (mostly) agreed that they like to see occasional, brief, job postings. A book to help folks become independent contractors seems to more or less fall into this category. If you objected to the length of the message (it was only about 30 lines), why did you include the entire thing, rather than a 3 line paraphrase like mine above? So once again, what was your complaint? My own opinion is that I find short postings offering consultant books, or announcing new products, to be more worthwhile than super-basic questions from people who are too darn lazy to read the manuals. -- R. Alan Popiel Internet: alan@den.mmc.com Lockheed Martin, SLS Voice: 303-977-9998