Date: 17 Sep 2002 21:37:51 GMT From: davehinznopsamcop.net Subject: Re: Site going down.
Someone who looks an awful lot like cn <nonenopsam.com> wrote: > The fact that you are not charged anything for the service does not mean > it is not a business. I think that is what dave fails to recognize. This > alone makes it a business email, not a personal one. If I get an email from, say, James Crumlish, and it's addressed to me, it is not my place to decide to share that. If James Crumlish makes a post here or in some other public forum, he has chosen to distribute it widely. The author selects distribution. > I wrote to a > published contact address for the company and got a response. If I got > cut off from my cell phone provider, I would post that letter just as > soon. I'm not surprised. > The letter I received is documentation of the company's policies, > and action they take based on those policies. It is not a love letter > from my ex-girlfriend. By publishing it, it is bringing to light the > stringent nature of those policies and forewarning others, who can now > avoid ending up in the same situation. Or, they could just read the notices posted on tsn, and save everyone a bunch of hassle. To quote, on the page where one enters the data into a form to post something in the discussion boards: "To promote your own Saab site here, you must have a link back to The Saab Network (or your posting wil be deleted). This is *right* between the "Optional link URL", and "Link title". It's not like it's hidden, or should be a surprise to anyone. I just don't get it why people feel that they're owed something by someone who runs a free service. It's like people bitching about freeware not having the features they want, but not going out and writing any to fix the problem. Dave Hinz