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From:
Cliff Rayman
Date:
April 3, 2000 22:15
Subject:
Re: Perl 5.6 shipped by Microsoft
Message ID:
38E97A3F.7B237255@spamless.genwax.com
i don't mean to be lame,
and i don't want to start a flame,
and i certainly don't want to take any blame,
but your message is not clear,
what is the problem here?

cliff rayman
genwax.com

David Grove wrote:

> So, the ugly little moster actually did show up waving that four colored
> flag; and I wonder who let them in the door?
>
> Out of generosity, I will refrain from saying
>
> I TOLD YOU SO!
>
> Man, do I have to tell you guys everything?
>
> [longer message withheld]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nathan Torkington [mailto:gnat@frii.com]
> > Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 10:36 PM
> > To: advocacy@perl.org
> > Subject: Perl 5.6 shipped by Microsoft
> >
> >
> > http://www.networkworld.com/news/2000/0403msunix.html
> >
> > Microsoft are shipping a Unix integration/co-existence kit, and part
> > of the package is ActivePerl 5.6.  Cost for the package is $149 (it
> > includes commercial implementations of NIS, NFS, and 60 utilities like
> > grep, ls, ps, etc.)
> >
> > Woo, way to go Perl.  Sneaking into all those hard-to-reach
> > Billborgian crevices.
> >
> > Nat
> >


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