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> While a blatant advertisement is not appropriate for this
> listserv, I
> remember a very interesting and pointed discourse between
> vendors about
> digital cameras occuring here. As long as it is
> informative, I see no
> reason to disallow commercial interests from discussing issues,
> comparing
> their products with others or announcing something new.
> Indeed, there have
> been many instances where someone sent out a plea to the
> community, and the
> vendor specifically mentioned was notably quiet.
>
> We are are all (those with profit motive and those that consume)
> capable of
> discriminating between crass commercialism and a note that would
> interest
> the imaging community. Clearly any business that hopes to
> retain a higher
> level of credibility within this community should be able to
> distinguish
> between these concepts. If they can not, then this current
> discussion would
> suggest that they will certainly learn in short order.
>
>
> Regards,
> Carl
>
> Carl A. Boswell, Ph.D.
> Molecular and Cellular Biology
> University of Arizona
> 520-954-7053
> FAX 520-621-3709
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Carroll" <
[hidden email]>
> To: <
[hidden email]>
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 1:09 PM
> Subject: Re: advertising a booth at a meeting
>
>
> > > If you have to pay for it, it is commercial and such posts
> should be
> > discouraged.
> >
> > I agree 100%. If I want to buy a product or service, I know
> where to look.
> > Similarly, if I want to find expert confocal
> information, I know where to
> > look.
> >
> > Why mix the two?
> >
> > P
> >
> >
> >
> > Robert J. Palmer Jr. wrote:
> >> If you have to pay for it, it is commercial and such posts
> should be
> >> discouraged.
> >>
> >>> To All,
> >>>
> >>> I think I'd like to get some feedback on "what is
> appropriate for
> >>> posting" on this listserv and "what is not
> appropriate." To my way of
> >>> thinking, it is appropriate to list seminars and workshops
> when these
> >>> are free of charge from both commercial entities and non-
> profit (e.g.,
> >>> web seminars). It is also appropriate to list seminars
> and workshops
> >>> from commercial and non-profit agencies when these are for a
> fee, but I
> >>> would think that many(?) of those on this listserv may
> disagree with the
> >>> inclusion of commercial agencies. As far as vendors
> who are showing at
> >>> a conference, this is a far stickier subject. To my
> way of thinking,
> >>> whether the enterprise is for profit or not for profit,
> neither should
> >>> be able to advertise on this listserv (as much as I, too, am
> a votary of
> >>> the micro-manager software).
> >>> I think there is a clear separation between "products" and
> "education.">>> It would be useful to all to clarify what can be
> posted and what is
> >>> inappropriate.
> >>>
> >>> If interested, please send email to me at
[hidden email] > in regard to
> >>> this subject if you want to weigh in on it. I
> know there will not be
> >>> universal agreement, but maybe this can be a means to get to
> >>> clarification. Or maybe it will just be a way to get
> myself into
> >>> trouble.
> >>>
> >>> Jerry Sedgewick
> >>> listserv manager
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
[hidden email] wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Seems like commericial ad to me- my compamy, BD, is too
> ethical to
> >>>> allowthis,
> >>>> Sally D. Dowling, PhD
> >>>> BD Biosciences, Bioimaging Technical Sales
> >>>> Ph: 301-351-0524
> >>>> http://www.bdbiosciences.com/bioimaging
> >>>>
> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> * From: *Nico Stuurman [
[hidden email]]
> >>>> * Sent: *12/07/2008 04:10 PM PST
> >>>> * To: *
[hidden email]> >>>> * Subject: *Micro-Manager at the ASCB meeting
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> If you are attending the upcoming ASCB meeting in San
> Francisco,
> >>>> December 13-17 (http://www.ascb.org/meetings/), please come
> see us in
> >>>> booth 2009 in the Exhibition space.
> >>>>
> >>>> Micro-Manager (http://micro-manager.org <http://micro-
> manager.org/>) is
> >>>> Open Source software for microscope image
> acquisition. It controls a
> >>>> large number of scientific grade cameras, microscopes and
> peripherals
> >>>> and lets you take snapshots, do time-lapses, z-stacks, and
> >>>> multi-channel images. It runs as an ImageJ plugin and
> works under the
> >>>> Windows, Mac and Linux OSs. Micro-Manager is being
> developed at the
> >>>> Vale lab at UCSF supported by a grant from the NIH.
> >>>>
> >>>> We are planning on having a microscope setup consisting of
> a Yokogawa
> >>>> spinning disk confocal, Hamamatsu EM camera, Solamere laser
> launch,
> >>>> Zeiss AxioObserver and ASI XY and piezo Z-stage all run
> from a Mac Pro
> >>>> using Micro-Manager! We will be demonstrating a way
> to do very fast
> >>>> multi-channel imaging and acquiring Z-stacks using a
> hardware solution
> >>>> based on the Arduino micro-controller
> (http://www.arduino.cc/). This is
> >>>> also your chance to meet the new members of the Micro-
> Manager team:
> >>>> Oleksiy Danikhno (who joined us last week) and Arthur
> Edelstein (who
> >>>> will start in January). Of course, our main goal is to meet
> you, hear
> >>>> about your experiences with Micro-Manager, your wishes for
> future
> >>>> development and everything else you would like to tell
> us. It is also
> >>>> a great opportunity to get personal hands-on training in
> the use of
> >>>> Micro-Manager. If you are running a microscope with
> Micro-Manager,
> >>>> tell us at the meeting and we might have a Micro-Manager T-
> shirt left
> >>>> for you!
> >>>>
> >>>> Hope to see you there!
> >>>>
> >>>> Best,
> >>>>
> >>>> Nico
> >>>>
> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------
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