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- From: grant@glg.ucs.dec.com (Gail L. Grant)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.ultrix,comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: Patches online, was Re: Unix Review review of Alpha/OSF
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 22:19:44 GMT
- Organization: poor. organization has never been one of my finer points.
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- In article <1993Jan27.003716.3226@decuac.dec.com>, rye@scmbrd.dco.dec.com (Bill Rye) writes:
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- |>2) I think that instead of discussing it here, we should do something about it.
- |>I propose the following: Send me a mail message (since I've already marked
- |>most of the news messages as read, and came into this discussion in the
- |>middle,) containing the following information:
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- |> Why DEC should post patches on the internet.
- |> How all of us would benefit from this.
- |> If you currently pay for telephone support how this would effect it.
- |> (in other words would you drop it or continue it)
- |> Your name and phone number complete with area code.
- |> If internet access is refused, what other options might work.
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- waitaminute. this has already been done. i posted a survey on this to the
- newsgroups, gathered the input and reported back up to the appropriate
- people. you should be hearing something about what happened as a result of
- 148 out of 150 folk wanting this real soon now.
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- g.
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