Jacques ) writes:

The advice and information given here by professionals is free, it is
only normal that they state who they are and what they sell.
It is not a sin to be a boating professional!

the advice was not unbiased, quite the opposite. that Kern guy criticized
anyone who used anything but epopxy, which he just happened to sell.

I suspect a lot of people with something to sell now spend time on their
own websites and don't participate in newsgroup discussions. With a
website a person gets to display products in full colour all the time and
can avoid any hint of disagreement. I prefer to spend my time in
newsgroups where anyone can disagree with me and propose better
alternatives, and because I don't have income from sales to put into a
fancy website and write it off as a business expense.

You are right about the Usenet. It was created by universities to promote
learning through open discussion. Still does for those who really want to
learn and not just impose their views and products on people.



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William Watt says:

With a
website a person gets to display products in full colour all the time and
can avoid any hint of disagreement.

True, mostly. I use my website, and the gallery section at www.boatdesign.net
(non-commercial hint) to show designs. The boatdesign forum is free, allows
full colour pics, and has much more space available than my own website (still
using AOHell's space, 2Mb limit)

and because I don't have income from sales to put into a
fancy website and write it off as a business expense.

I wish I could deduct it as a business expense, but sadly it is also my
personal space, and the write-off would be so small as to be un-noticable.

Steve (sig on)

Stephen C. Baker - Yacht Designer
http://members.aol.com/SailDesign/pr...cbweb/home.htm

I'll just list "Commercial Announcement" in the subject line. That way
people who don't want to read it can skip over it. Kinda like skipping
the spam.

(William R. Watt) wrote in message ...

the advice was not unbiased, quite the opposite. that Kern guy criticized
anyone who used anything but epopxy, which he just happened to sell.


Keep an open mind. What if he was right?


You are right about the Usenet. It was created by universities to promote
learning through open discussion. Still does for those who really want to
learn and not just impose their views and products on people.

That's it: keep an open mind and don't discard somebody's opinion
because he is a professional. All posts by Kern where technicaly
correct. His style, like mine was maybe a little abrupt but that's
because we want to get to the point quickly and clearly.
Anyway, I'll stop here, we are OT and part of it is my fault.

Jacques from bateau.com