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From: sayre@sbstaff2.cs.sunysb.edu (Johannes Sayre)
Subject: Re: AT&T/USL CD-ROM Review Process (Re: 386BSD + GNU + X11R5 on CDROM)
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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 16:54:18 GMT
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In article <1992Dec13.021307.24664@lgc.com> danson@lgc.com (Doug Anson) writes:
>In article <1ge0aaINNm4d@neuro.usc.edu>, merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin) writes:

[...]

>... It seems to me that this action would automatically involve the 386bsd
>users in the current USL/BSDI lawsuit 

.... which would suit some people just fine.  The success of UNIX, and the
particular way in which it succeeded, has made people in all sorts of fields 
and organizations insecure and/or resentful.  Bad advice will be generally
rampant in such times.

flame away.

sayre@cs.sunysb.edu
I speak for myself only.