In a message dated 12/22/99 5:37:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> if a manufacturer or a supplier is =
>  prepared to share their knowledge about the products they make, and be =
>  open with information, then I welcome their contribution to the knowledge =
>  pool.

David,

Solidly supported at my marketing post. We need OPEN discussion, regardless
of promotion... and the BP rule, as it is, I think tends more toward desiring
not to encourage obvious commercial promotion... unlike the prolific
JollyRoger that wants us all to buy a book so we can decipher heiroglyphs...
noting the only heiroglyphs I am interested in are XXX or having to do with
the fermentation of ale... and I'm not talking Gab & Eti T-shirt sizes here
either, though they are still available at $20 each for any sucker out there
looking for a last minute Millenium gift... but as with the lurker rule in BP
the rules exist to *encourage* positive behaviour that contributes to the
overall health, wealth, and sanity of the preservationeers. As to
enforcement, COD, the Shaman and a few owners can enforce anything upon BP in
one deft stroke. So all, please watch your moon and get along with a smile.

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