I would not have a problem if the author had registered. This is anonymous SPAM -- essentially *advertising*. If this was a registered user, and it was clear the user posted many non-developerworks articles, I would have zero problem with this.

Developerworks can be cool sometimes, but it's also an IBM PR machine.

I've seen this kind of thing on many of my favorite web sites (even registering and then advertising using the first post), so I'm a little touchy. House painters on mountain biking boards, things like that :)

I'll go easier on 'em next time, but this goes on a lot.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Build a grid with Perl, Part 1 by flyingmoose
in thread Build a grid with Perl, Part 1 by Anonymous Monk

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