*BSD News Article 1672


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From: rtaylor@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Russ Taylor)
Subject: Re: Honesty with 386BSD 0.1
Message-ID: <1992Jun24.225440.2917@tc.cornell.edu>
Keywords: 386BSD 0.1
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References: <1992Jun24.025455.3548@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> <12adcaINNiuc@agate.berkeley.edu> <root.709414066@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1992 22:54:40 GMT
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According the The Websters Dictionary, a customer is:

cus.tom.er \'k*s-t*-m*r\ n [ME custumer, fr. custume] 
1: one that purchases a commodity or service usu. systematically or frequently 
2: an often strange or unusual individual

Anyone who refers to himself (herself) in the context of 386bsd clearly 
does not fit definition 1.  Therefore, is it only reasonable to assume that 
they fit definition 2.

mark linderman


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Mark Linderman            |         Cornell University
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