Software Development System Product Announcement

[ron at BRL-TGR.ARPA]

From:      Ron Natalie <ron at BRL-TGR.ARPA>

STOP IT.  Mike Muuss, who handles the ARPANET distribution of these
lists is on vacation so he can't speak.  I am moderator of INFO-MICRO
and we have decided on policy for that group that faced a similar
problem about a year ago.

First, there is nothing we can do about USENET since we don't have any
control over it, unlike Internet sites.   Second, a plea was made that
the following guidelines be followed:
	Commercial product announcements be limitted to short
	press release style articles indicating the product
	and where to obtain furhter information.  If you look
	at the product announcements in any trade magazine you'll
	see what I mean.  Note the difference between product
	announcement and advertisement.

This policy is used on the ARPANET even for groups that are not
crosslinked into USENET.  I suggest that everyone try to stick
to these guidelines before the people who do the gatewaying get
pissed off and sever the connection.

-Ron