I think it's more like good taste also. Personally, I would have said up
front, and perhaps he did.. can't remember, that he worked for them. In any
case, I happen to agree with his opinions about the systems.

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"Dave" wrote in message
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On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:02:42 -0400, Charlie Morgan said:

I don't take it that way. There's nothing wrong with stating that he
likes
the product, even if he is an employee, though part time I'm sure. It's
not
like he's hiding. We all know the story. So, what's the problem?
know that as an employee, he's helping YOU to get a discount.

Either you are ethical or you are not. Make a choice, Jon.

I come down on Jon's side of this one, Charlie. Not a slam dunk call, but
it
seems to me that most everybody here knows Bart's affiliation, so it's not
a
matter of ethics but a matter of good taste. I thought the initial post
was
pretty close to the line so far as posting commercial messages in the NG
is
concerned, but certainly not outrageous.