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  1. Xref: sparky comp.bbs.misc:353 alt.folklore.computers:11184
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!waikato.ac.nz!comp.vuw.ac.nz!ferrari.datamark.co.nz!tfarmer
  3. Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc,alt.folklore.computers
  4. Subject: Re: New York Times article on BBS's
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul27.000437.38756@datamark.co.nz>
  6. From: tfarmer@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Farmer)
  7. Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 00:04:37 GMT
  8. References: <medic.711862598@milton> <1992Jul23.180127.1359@qiclab.scn.rain.com> <Brv156.3GL@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
  9. Organization: Datamark International Ltd.
  10. Lines: 19
  11.  
  12. In article <Brv156.3GL@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jvmg9796@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Doc) writes:
  13. >leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson) writes:
  14. >
  15. >>For what it is worth, The *format* is owned by Compuserve. They just
  16. >>let folks use it freely. And the standards document says it is pronounced
  17. >>"jif"...
  18. >
  19. >Oh yeah, well fuck what CI$ says. So there! :)
  20.  
  21. Excuse me, you left out a 'u'. I edited it for you. :-)
  22.  
  23. Good to see someone else who doesn't let pseudo-authority get in the
  24. way of aesthetics.
  25.  
  26. -- 
  27.     Thomas Farmer | tfarmer@datamark.co.nz    or | I use and like:
  28. Datamark Intl Ltd | tfarmer@cavebbs.welly.gen.nz | AIX 3.1, OS/2 2.0,
  29.  Technical Writer |                    | Windows 3.1 &
  30.     & PC Wrangler |   You can't beat a beagle.     | AmigaOS 2.04.
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