I've been reading HN for a long time, but I'm new to posting.  I read the guidelines a couple of days ago, and am a little curious.  The guidelines say that on topic submissions are "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity."  Given that, is it okay to post stories about software releases that most people interested in the software would know about already?<p>I've seen a few stories about software releases, and I'm not suggesting that they shouldn't have been posted here.  Just asking if it's okay to post the releases for other products as well, and at what point does it stop being intellectual curiosity and turn into advertising?<p>Anything else you can say that will help me understand what to post will also be appreciated.
Is it okay to post about software releases to HN?