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Re: Sending Receiving Fax on Linux server
i am sorry guys.
i now switch sides -:) I would accept the history quite gladly now -:)
sriram
----- Original Message -----
From: Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <thaths@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ilugc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 1:37 AM
Subject: Re: Sending Receiving Fax on Linux server
> Sriram proclaimed:
> > what point is our friend trying to prove by giving us the history and
> > leaving the technicalities.
>
> I called it a side note for a reason. As for proving a point... you are
> entitled an opinion.
>
> I am interested in the general history of the development of unix. In
> fact, the primary reason I started liking Linux / Unix was that its
> development was always shrouded in myths and legends. Unix has a rich
> history of real and apocryphal stories and puns. Take, for example
> software like 'less' (the opposite of 'more'), 'bison' (The GNU version of
> yacc) etc. These things make unix a much more fun evironment for me to
> work on.
>
> The Linux community, IMO, is one that basks in story telling. When I met
> some of the ILUG-C members in Sept. they were interested in finding out
> historical and personal things about some of the famous unix people. I
> encountered questions like "How is Jamie Zawinski in real life" and such.
>
> Thaths
> PS: This is my last post to the ILUG-C mailing list in this thread. If
> anyone would like to discuss this futher I suggest that they email me
> privately.
> --
> "All right. Maybe I said some things, some personal things. But you
> should have seen them, Marge. They really wanted to hear what I had to
> say" -- Homer J. Simpson
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