Re: Hehe... even Tel$tra doesn't trust M$...

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From: James Mcpherson
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 1997 00:00

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Jason Stokes (j.stokes@bogus-address.anu.edu.au) spake thusly:
: In article <5oprjm$ib@perf.no.itg.telecom.com.au>,
: terry@perf.no.itg.telecom.com.au (Terry Dawson) wrote:
: > paul@xenu.ee.mu.oz.au (Paul Dwerryhouse) writes:
: > >I found this rather amusing, given that our national monopolycarrier
: > >is in league with the devil:
: > The suggestion that Telstra is in 'league with' Microsoft is more the
: > imagination of wanna-be-conspiracy-theorists than fact.
: Oh, so *that's* why my OnAustralia CD came with all that Microsoft
: promotional junk.  It was my imagination!
: (I couln't use it with Linux anyway, so that's one ISP I don't have to
: worry about

yup - I've never trusted telstra, even less so when they hopped into bed 
with Micro$oft. And that report last week that BigPond was running on NT
just confirmed my views - Telstra might have the muscle, but whoever's 
supposed to be doing the thinking in Telstra's ivory tower obviously isn't.

what was your number again? <clickety-click>
jcm
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From: mljmcphe@mailbox.uq.edu.au (James Mcpherson)
Subject: Re: Hehe... even Tel$tra doesn't trust M$...
Date: 1997/06/25
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