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- From: peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov14.133214.1004@global.hacktic.nl>
- Date: 14 Nov 92 13:32:14 GMT
- References: <1992Nov7.133724.7515@global.hacktic.nl> <BxDL5H.61C@max.physics.sunysb.edu> <1992Nov12.003907.987@global.hacktic.nl> <BxMo6n.4H3@unix.amherst.edu>
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- pfcouvar@unix.amherst.edu (Peter F. Couvares) writes:
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- >peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
- >>dmcquaid@csws19.ic.sunysb.edu (Devin McQuaid) writes:
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- >>>>Where can I get toll-free support for Linux?
- >>>comp.os.linux
- >>>you won't get an answer in 20 min. but you will get your answer
- >>USENET costs $$$ too. And administration.
-
- > That's a dumb response--so does a phone. The support itself is free,
- >which is what was initially asked for. Any kind of free support, be it via
- >phone, mail, or net account, will cost something to access.
-
- Well, that's the point, here you need a modem (which implies a phone
- connection) and possibly long distance calls to get comp.os.linux (the USENET
- provider in Holland doesn't have a toll free number). You can't get c.o.l when
- you need it, you have to poll every day.
-
- Besides whom you're gonna call to setup UUCP and USENET? The gostbusters? ;-)
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