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Newsgroups: alt.suit.att-bsdi,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!torn!utgpu!rick From: rick@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (R. Innis) Subject: Re: Rumour: UCB considering dropping defence of BSD Message-ID: <BwID33.Kzp@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> Organization: UTCS Public Access References: <1c3q1jINNoah@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> <1992Oct22.034539.12650@athena.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1992 05:40:13 GMT Lines: 21 >Real Mail (tm) - Do you mean like as in send UCB a letter in an envelope? >If so, were do we need to send our urgent pleas to prevent this catastrophy?? I received the message asking for such mail; unfortunately the deadline for it was noon on Wednesday (yesterday, as I type.) If this has changed/been extended, someone please inform me. >I'm all for a paper hurricane to UCB if it'll convince them that it is >worthwhile to defend BSD. They were mainly looking for ""important people" - Organization or Company management (the higher the better), university faculty (or presidents/chancellors/etc)". Though anyone was acceptable... The message also contained the following PS: > p.s. please dont post this on usenet. For some strange reason, letters > from a usenet posting wont be counted. I hope it generated enough response, anyway. Perhaps those responsible could let us know? --Rick.