re printing date apr gmt from cozzlab garnet berkeley edu in article apr sarah albany edu me albnyvms bitnet writes advertises his printing business oh dear let me be the first on my block you have just violated one of the major shibboleths of the usenet groups nit is he unable to type the first h in this word you re not supposed to use a newsgroup to plug your own commercial enterprise of any kind people frequently get flamed for announcing they ve got a new book out i don t know whether this is an official usenet rule or just a long standing custom and it doesn t make much difference from a practical point of view as a matter of fact d j it does make a difference almost a half million new users joined the internet last year many of them are commercial businesses the ban on commercial use of internet is no more one should have the breeding not to post commercial material on an account provided by ones employer or school unless the provider of such account gives permission ha those of us who pay for internet access are constrained only by our innate good taste and no have no administrator to guide us jack previdi veni vidi fece p psilink com
