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From: rkswamy@unity.ncsu.edu (Ravi K. Swamy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX)
Date: 23 Apr 1996 04:10:29 GMT
Organization: Gunsmith Cats
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In article <4lgvr4$enc@taco.cc.ncsu.edu>,
Kevin P. Neal <kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu> wrote:
>Justin "Rhys Thuryn" McNutt (rhys@vortex.cc.missouri.edu) wrote:

>: : But, if you ask linux-users how much they would give you for a possible
>: : 	"Yes, you can use your old Wordx-documents",
>: : maybe you get enough to afford MS costs.
>: 
>: If the utility existed, and you charged just $1 per user, do you know how 
>: fast you'd make back your MS costs?  :)  I'd buy ten copies myself!
>
>Count me in for at least 2, possibly more. Count this area in for a bunch!
>The LinuxExpo is held here in Raleigh (Hi guys!).

Hi there yourself Frue, or Disco, or whatever. :)  So are we
going to lunch tomorrow?  :)  Seems as relevent a newsgroup
as any to ask...

Ravi
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