Re: [Bacula-users] Source Forge abusive commercial ads

2006-12-12 Thread Steen Meyer
We had a slightly similar case between the company I work for and another company - this was google ads, and it was actually resolved with a direct request to the company that ran the ad to keep the competition fair. I do see a possibility with this kind of action here as I believe the opensour

Re: [Bacula-users] Source Forge abusive commercial ads

2006-12-11 Thread Kern Sibbald
On Monday 11 December 2006 17:10, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Chris Hoogendyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Marketing claims always tend to be a bit sketchy, and getting marketing > > departments to follow academic practices of source citation is rather > > unlikely. However, it is possible th

Re: [Bacula-users] Source Forge abusive commercial ads

2006-12-11 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Chris Hoogendyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Marketing claims always tend to be a bit sketchy, and getting marketing > departments to follow academic practices of source citation is rather > unlikely. However, it is possible that they do have a larger installed > base for historical reaso

Re: [Bacula-users] Source Forge abusive commercial ads

2006-12-11 Thread Chris Hoogendyk
Marketing claims always tend to be a bit sketchy, and getting marketing departments to follow academic practices of source citation is rather unlikely. However, it is possible that they do have a larger installed base for historical reasons, aside from what you might see listed in download statisti

[Bacula-users] Source Forge abusive commercial ads

2006-12-11 Thread Kern Sibbald
Hello, For your information, I have just submitted the following service request to Source Forge. While one must tolerate a certain amount of abuse in this world, in this particular case (see below), I find Source Forge's commercial actions annoying ... === Every time I access the