Re: [Mingw-users] RFC: Vote on mingw-users advertisement policy

[Wu Y. <ad...@ne...>]

This is the definition of `advertise' from Merriam-Webster Online:

1 : to make something known to : NOTIFY
2 a : to make publicly and generally known <advertising their readiness 
to make concessions> b : to announce publicly especially by a printed 
notice or a broadcast c : to call public attention to especially by 
emphasizing desirable qualities so as to arouse a desire to buy or 
patronize : PROMOTE

So in theory an announcement could be regarded as an ad too.  And this 
definition describes well my previous post on Nvwa.

However, I agree with you on the ideas.  PERSISTENT and REPEATED ads are 
really, really annoying and should never be allowed!

Best regards,

Yongwei

--- Original Message from MARSHALL Keith ---

Advertising, as I understand any reasonable definition of it, in the
context of an e-mailing list, implies persistent and repeated posting
of identical, or similar, attention grabbing, notifications of the
form:

   Hey, I've created this cool software package -- you really *must*
   take a look at it!

whereas, an announcement is a *once only* posting, such as:

   I've created/ported xyz software package, which does such and such;
   if you are interested, you can find out more at some.web.site

The important distinction is that advertising is PERSISTENT and 
REPEATED, whereas an announcement is ONCE ONLY!