On 12/28/06, Oleg Alexandrov aoleg@math.ucla.edu wrote:
It is of course very nice of Virgin Unite to match the donations received today. I would argue however that having a logo in the site notice is basically an advertisement for Virgin.
The common usage of advertising is "to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste."
We are not announcing or praising a product or service; we are not selling a message. We are thanking a large corporate donor.