Why I don't like LinuxCAD.
While I was researching this article I came across a number of posts to Usenet claiming that SoftwareForge also engaged in email spam. I found them when I was searching Dejanews for posts about LinuxCAD (October 9th, 1998). Dejanews drops older Usenet posts after a certain period of time so they won't be around forever. I have therefore decided to archive them here. I've also taken the liberty to modify the email addresses subtly so that these email addresses will not be harvested by spam-bots. Any human should be able to figure out the real email address.
From cbbrowne # news.hex.net (Christopher Browne) Organization Hex.Net Superhighway, DFW Metroplex 817-329-3182 Date 5 Jun 1998 03:10:58 GMT Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc Message-ID <6l7nk2$431$1@blue.hex.net> References 1 2 On 4 Jun 1998 11:03:34 GMT, zbrown # lynx.neu.edu <zbrown # lynx.neu.edu> wrote: >In article <pycola.896875256.17213@laulujoutsen.pc.helsinki.fi>, > <linuxcad@midwest.idsonline.com> wrote: >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> >> >> New high quality professional CAD and visual modelling software >> ================================================================= >>a must have for every professional Linux user http://www.linuxcad.com > >I got junk email from these clowns, concerning this very announcement. As >far as I'm concerned, that rules them completely out, and I suggest no one >else buys from them until they change their aggressive sales tactics. Ditto. I got email at a work address that they evidently "harvested" from news from the past, as it is no longer in my .signature. It was merely annoying when they spammed the newsgroups; that is easy enough to filter out. Now that they're doing unsolicited emailing, and no doubt the email will come in on a daily basis much like the Usenet articles, it is time for them to be stopped... -- I think it would be great if MS would make VB the favoured language for Palm PC's. Then they'd have a shaky, bloated, slow OS running the shaky, bloated, slow macro-apps. -- <garyduke # nospam.idirect.com> cbbrowne # hex.net - <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>