Re: Publicly funded software development (was: KDE v. Gnome)

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From: Phil Hunt
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 00:00

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In article <361984F3.8E7A8A2D@nelson.force9.co.uk>
           peter@nelson.force9.co.uk "slip" writes:
> Phil Hunt wrote:
> > The same is more-or-less true of the UK, although IMO one of the
> > commercial channels -- Channel 4 -- also has quality programs (there's
> > one on tonight at 11:40 featuring Linus Torvalds).
> 
> I don't really know how you can say that. The presenters on
> ``Connected'' really were terrible. Perhaps it's quality because it
> had L.T. (and beardy chap Alan Cox) in it?

Absolutely.

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From: philh@vision25.demon.co.uk (Phil Hunt)
Subject: Re: Publicly funded software development (was: KDE v. Gnome)
Date: 1998/10/07
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