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- From: jds@cs.umd.edu (James da Silva)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: SLS: Free Linux Distribution.
- Message-ID: <59666@mimsy.umd.edu>
- Date: 14 Aug 92 02:55:48 GMT
- References: <1992Aug12.211633.6240@sol.UVic.CA> <1992Aug13.204810.22984@unislc.uucp>
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- Organization: University of Maryland, Department of Computer Science
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- erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) writes:
- >Peter MacDonald (pmacdona@sanjuan) wrote:
- >
- >: Linux is already available from a distribution service (commercial
- >: found at the end since none of you will want to use it).
- >
- >I don't think that c.o.l is the place to be putting advertisments for
- >commercial ventures, which is what this is. Take it to the biz. groups.
-
- Sounds to me like Peter is providing a good service that might expand the
- linux community to the less well-connected, and it was appropriate for him
- to let the linux group know about it. What's your gripe, exactly?
-
- > ... and NSFnet (and other gateways) get unhappy about commercial
- >advertisments on non-commercial newsgroups.
-
- Ha, ha. That's a good joke, Ed.
-
- But a bit far removed from reality, I'm afraid.
- Jaime
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