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

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From: Phil Hunt
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 00:00
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In article <6vdbrn$8if$1@nef.ens.fr>
           espel@news.ens.fr "Roger Espel Llima" writes:
> In article <3618f416.34143614@news.clara.net>,
> algoss <algoss@damclara.net> wrote:
> >We pay a TV license because the tv licensing authority in bristol has
> >a database of every household in the country. If your house doesn't
> >show up as having a license they send the heavys round and send you to
> >prison..
> 
> Or they find you don't have a TV.  Who wants an idiot box anyway.

I only bought one to wath the World Cup.

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From: philh@vision25.demon.co.uk (Phil Hunt)
Subject: Re: Publicly funded software development (was: KDE v. Gnome)
Date: 1998/10/06
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