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From: Richard D Riehle <laoXhai@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: adverts on c.l.a
Date: 1999/03/02
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robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com wrote in message

>[...]
>My own feeling is that it is fine to have brief commercial
>announcements about products or services. They should be
>informational and brief. But for example, if a vendor has
>a new version of an Ada compiler, or someone is teaching
>Ada 95 courses or trying to recruit for an Ada job, that
>seems fine to me. It is not as though we are overwhelmed
>by such commercial messages.

 We have been very careful not to post announcements of 
 our own classes and products on c.l.a to avoid offending
 those who dislike such things.   However, I personally 
 appreciate the job postings by brain transplant specialists,
 even if they are professional recruiting firms.  Also, I would
 like to see more announcements from compiler publishers about
 new versions of compilers, new platforms, etc.  That seems to
 me to be actual news related to Ada.  This is a news forum as well
 as a discussion group, not so?

 Richard Riehle
 richard@adaworks.com
 http://www.adaworks.com