Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 09:57:17 10/13/05
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On October 13, 2005 at 10:57:12, Steven Schwartz wrote: >There is a discussion further down on the board with reference to a >post that was recently deleted. Graham announced the deletion of the >thread, and there was some follow-up discussion as to whether the >decision was warranted and what the motives for doing so might have >been. > >I would like to clear up what led to the decision so there is no >misunderstanding. > >The post in question was from George Speight, a CCC member for a >relatively short time. It spoke about how he was a friend of Chryl >Maddox of Chessbase USA and how the Fritz 9 being sold by them >was different from the one being sold through mass merchants. It >also said that members of the CCC forum could get the program >when it was released at the end of October for the discounted price >of $45 if they called Chryl directly or mentioned George's name when calling. >It included a toll-free phone number to accomplish that. > >Since ICD, and perhaps a few dozen other companies, sell (or in this >case, will sell) the EXACT Fritz 9 as Chessbase USA, it seemed to >me that it was unfair that such a commercial post should be allowed, >and I asked the moderators if it would be considered against the charter. > >The reason to delete the post should not be that ICD is hosting the >CCC; therefore, members should buy from ICD. The reason should be that >the post was clearly a "flagrant commercial exhortation" which is >forbidden in the charter. That levels the playing field for everyone. > >Back when the CCC was created (8 years ago as of last Friday), the Founders >wanted to keep the forum commercial free, and ICD has honored that decision >for all of these years by not posting any of its own "commercials". I would >expect that the moderators will make sure that others honor that commitment >as well. My own feelings at the time were: 1) I did not want to see great wads of spam. 2) I did want to see produce announcements. Banning "flagrant commercial exhortations" seemed about right. I think that there was a general consensus on this point. None of what I said above is intended to contradict what you said in your post. I think it is pretty crass for your competitors to advertise in your forums when you do not. You more than earn the link at the bottom of the page. Your continuing refusal to spam this forum yourself is admirable, if a little insane. bruce
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