Re: The benefits of advertising

[Robert Jeffrey Gunter <GUNTERRJ@kohis.a1.ornl.gov>]

I believe the advertising referred to in the message from the moderator was not 
regarding the CFR disk, though I may be wrong.  There was another message posted 
before this all started in which the individual offered training services and 
asked that the message be sent to a now familiar address (after looking it up).

Equivocating commercialization of RADSAFE to the postal service including junk 
mail is not accurate.  I may not like the junk mail, but junk mail is the reason 
my postage stamps cost so little.  This is a benefit to me. 

Perhaps the entrepreneurs who would have a commercial internet system would 
provide a service (that they paid for and maintained) that people felt justified 
the cost to subscribe.  Perhaps a bulletin board for each company much like a 
users forum.  Of course, the companies would probably not like to fund a display 
of their soiled laundry to all current and potential users (which is probably 
why many don't do it and I cannot blame them).

Because these forums are not provided commercially, we can do it here as we ask 
about products and other questions without getting the Party Line.


I hope this doesn't lead to a discussion of Postal Rates.  I was merely using it 
as an example.

Rob Gunter
ORNL

The above opinion is mine and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the 
people who pay me.