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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!mcsun!chsun!olsen.ch!bowen
From: bowen@olsen.ch (Devon Bowen)
Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!!
Message-ID: <Bs1Gv1.49@olsen.ch>
Organization: Olsen & Associates, Zurich, Switzerland
References: <1992Jul21.142631.14517@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <mcuddy.711795634@fensende> <MELLON.92Jul23151223@verbosa.ncd.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 08:28:10 GMT
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In article <MELLON.92Jul23151223@verbosa.ncd.com> mellon@ncd.com (Ted Lemon) writes:
>Actually, it's a lot easier than that.   Switch long distance
>carriers, and then give AT&T a call and tell them why (or write them a
>letter).

It's even easier than that. When you switch they will most certainly call
you multiple times, send you letters, etc, claiming "we want you back".
That's what they did when my roommate and I switched last year and each
time we spent about 20 minutes giving the personal on the other end a
lesson in software patents. 8-)

Devon