edhew@xenitec.on.ca (Ed Hew) (05/08/90)
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--ed {edhew@xenitec.on.ca}
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Some comments that "normally" would have been unnecessary, but I
feel obliged to make in view of the discussion on the proposed
comp.unix.sco newsgroup (which is not related to this mlist):
To those who might feel the above sounds commercial, I'd like to
point out (in advance) that in deciding to handle the "scoodt"
mailing list we (@xenitec), are trying to do our little bit of
'NET.good by facilitating communication and sparing those who don't
want to discuss this topic any unnecessary bandwidth consumption.
My only personal connection to SCO is that I earn an independent
living teaching people how to use some of their products. This
mailing list was my idea, not SCO's, although I am grateful for
their support and their efforts in getting their internal
sco.opendesktop newsgroup declassified (a process which actually
took several months).
Ed. A. Hew SCO Authorized Instructor XeniTec Consulting Services
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