Re: notifying particular thread to wake up.

bbound@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Sep 30, 7:54 pm, Arne Vajhøj <a...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Links to non-free software or information should be clearly marked as
such in the newsgroup postings, and good free alternatives should be
mentioned as well so that people may make an informed choice, and so
that people that aren't Americans with credit cards and decent amounts
of wealth can actually get some use at all out of your post.
Why ?

That has never been the usenet standard !

Sure it has.

I have never seen that stated anywhere !

Source ?

Even students with little money may find such links useful.

Doubtful. It's very likely they will find Sun's free online materials
and other free online materials vastly more useful, particularly on
their budget.

I bought books while I was a student. In fact I think that
is a very common thing.

Universities has libraries.

Have. And I don't see any relevance here.

They could go and borrow the same book there.

When the students graduate and get a job they may want the book.

When the students graduate and get a job they will probably want to
have a less stupid uniform to wear while flipping burgers -- the
career that most students can look forward to continuing even after
getting a CS degree these days, no thanks to the dot-bomb and other
issues with the western economy these days. :P

AFAIK there is a good demand for IT people in practically
all countries.

Arne
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