From:	Cesar Rabak <csrabak AT uol DOT com DOT br>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: RFC: ads on delorie.com
Date:	Mon, 10 Jun 2002 13:50:34 -0300
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DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
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> So my question to you is: should I allow these types of ads?  I hope
> that my visitors are intelligent and rational enough to simply ignore
> ads inappropriate to their personal preferences, and/or to disable
> javascript if pop-unders bother you, but is that an acceptable
> assumption?

I feel they are OK in the context, since you have to pay for the
infrastructure.

> 
> Another option I've thought about is a subscription service, which,
> for a token fee, would remove all ads for subscribers.  Thoughts?
> 

I would be willing to pay for a fee (if I can afford, it of course ;-)
and as second suggestion on revenue stream, consider a subscription
based on CDs as well as used to be in the time Walnut Creek distributed
FreeBSD.

Perhaps some package of CD plus non ads part of the site.

My humble but sincere two cents,

-- 
Cesar Rabak
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