Re: Getting freebies for review (was: RE: Commercial products in FAQs)

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lee@sq.com
Wed, 5 Jul 1995 14:16:35 -0400


I've received books, and sometimes demos of commercial products,
but never anything more. But then, most of the products in the
List of Applications with OPEN LOOK UI
FAQ are in the thousands of dollars category....

I have always refused to put a book in the bibliograph that I have
not been able to obtain, whether free or otherwise, as (1) it frustrates
people trying to get it, and (2) people are likely to take the FAQ as a
sort of endorsement, hawever many disclaimers I add.

Wuth products, I can't really do that.

As long as the information is factual, and neutrally presented, no-one seems
to object.

I allow vendors -- and authors of free software -- to write a paragraph of
text about their product, and to give sales contacts etc., but I often rewrite
the text (and ask their approval for the changes), since people are apt to
use superlatives when describing their own products...

Lee

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