Re: Re[2]: LEARNING TOOL (30-day free trial!!!)

["Eric J. Ray" <ejray -at- RAYCOMM -dot- COM>]

At 04:54 PM 7/16/98 -0500, Walker, Arlen P wrote:
>But now we're all the way into the Marketing Zone. Against the opinions of
>some accomplished professionals we're asked to balance a bunch of vague
>testimonials from folks who, as far as we can tell, have no basis for
>comparison, little or no knowledge of the field, and, for that matter, who
>may not even exist.
>
...
>I don't know about the rest of you, but if it comes to a contest between
>the judgement of the mysterious "Cindi", "Brandon", and "Nuriya" (we'll
>leave aside the bubble-headed High school kid) against Jim Chevallier's, I
>know who I'll trust. (And, for the record, I am not affiliated in any way
>with Mr. Chevallier, and have disagreed with him on issues in the past.)

My last note was sent before I saw the "testimonials", and yes,
I'd agree that they cross the line.

As I've said on the list before, commercial plugs in the context
of an ongoing discussion are acceptable--when brief and to the
point. Gratuitious plugs are not, and I'm inclined to agree that
this has moved out of the realm of appropriate commercialism.

Scott, with that, could you please take it offline?

Eric




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