<OT> <TID> Re: Noteworthy News Item

[Net Llama!]

For starters, this message is 4.5k right now.  But that's really
irrelevant.  The point is that all of the list members shouldn't have to
be impacted by 1 person's personal preferences.

Registering to the NYT website is not subscribing to a service.  Its
registering for access to one of the world's great newspapers, which they
are providing for free, with the assumption that they can recoup their
online expenses, and possible lost revenue of the hard copy with promises
to advertisers on how many registered users they will attract.

Remember the .com implosion?  It happened, in part, because companies
never bothered to think about how they would become profitable *before*
their funding ran out.  Sure, the NYT is not a typical .com by any means,
but they still have bills to pay.  If providing them with just your email
address (as everything else you provide can be false) is too much of an
incumberance for you, then don't read it.  Demanding that several hundred
others get it gratis certainly isn't fair to the other list members or the
NYT.

On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> If your inbox is full from a 6kb article, then you need more hard drive
> space.  This email I'm responding to is almost that long.  If you take
> issue with the idea that someone is sick of subscribing to services they
> will never use again, please switch off.
>
> On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 10:12:51 -0400 (EDT)
> "Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>
> > Please don't.  I don't need to have my INBOX filled with an article that
> > *anyone* can read online if they're willing to spend 10 seconds
> > subscribing to the NYT website.
> >
> > On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> >
> > > Can you post it?  I am about subscribed out.  I get so much junk-email
> > > that I'm taking a break from "registering" from anything superfluous.
> > >
> > > On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 05:01:56 -0400
> > > "Michael Scottaline" <nbhs2 at i-2000.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > >From "America's Paper of Record" ;-)
> > > >
> > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/18/technology/18LINU.html?todaysheadlines
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > > --
> > > > "He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that
> > > > fool you....., he really is an idiot."
> > > >
> > > > -Groucho Marx
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Linux-users mailing list -
> > > > http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
> > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the
> > > > above URL.
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Linux-users mailing list -
> > > http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
> > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the
> > > above URL.
> > >
> >
> > --
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Lonni J Friedman				netllama at linux-sxs.org
> > Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo		     http://netllama.ipfox.com
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Linux-users mailing list -
> > http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
> > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the
> > above URL.
> _______________________________________________
> Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
> Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
>

-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lonni J Friedman				netllama at linux-sxs.org
Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo		     http://netllama.ipfox.com