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From: michael@okjunc.junction.net (Michael Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD
Date: 24 Jun 1995 16:43:17 GMT
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In article <3sfcvp$12n@pandora.sdsu.edu>,
Larry Riedel <larryr@saturn.sdsu.edu> wrote:

>> And searchable archives would be even better, right?
>> 
>> Voila!
>>
>> 1.    http://minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au/BSD-info/bsdnews_search.html
>> 2.    http://www.freebsd.org/How/mail-archive.html
>
>Wonderful!
>
>Now, when the average person gets the new 2.0.5 CD-ROM in the mail (from
>Walnut Creek of course) and has the same questions as a lot of other
>people are having because of the types of problems like those expressed
>by Darryl Okahata in his recent article (in the "Slight Flame From
>Linux User" thread), how long will they have to wait to find the answers
>in these archives? 

What would it take to include the entire archives on the CD-ROM with
file: URL's rather than http: and with a search engine as well so
that anyone can browse them as soon as they have gotten a booted system
by running lynx?

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