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From: peter da silva
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 16:25

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In article <1992Dec18.171830.13334@trilithon.mpk.ca.us> henry@trilithon.mpk.ca.us (Henry McGilton) writes:
> In article <1992Dec17.205058.12133@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU>  writes:
>     *  Is this newsgroup considered an appropriate forum for the
>     *  discussion of NeWS?

You mean, apart from comp.windows.news? I guess so.

> One would not want to bet too much of anything on NeWS.

Unfortunately, Sun killed NeWS and doesn't seem interested in doing anything
smart (like releasing it under an X-like license) to revive it.

(NeWS, DomainOS,... (hums) all the lonely software, where does it all go to...)
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Peter da Silva                                            `-_-'
Ferranti International Controls Corporation                'U` 
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