tower@WHEATIES.AI.MIT.EDU (Leonard H. Tower Jr.) (04/05/88)
This is partly a test of the mailing lists, but ...
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 88 13:33:26 +1200
From: Andrew Vignaux <andrew@comp.vuw.ac.nz>
I realise that this is too general a forum for this question but I am
not sure how to aim this message to INFO-GNU readers in California.
#ifdef SOB_STORY
Out here, at the edge of the world, it is extremely difficult and
expensive to get any software and/or to keep up to date. Therefore it
is a cause for celebration and much scrambling for tapes, whenever
anyone goes overseas to a possible archive site.
#endif /* SOB_STORY */
My father will be visiting the Department of Industrial Engineering and
Operations Research in the School of Engineering at Berkeley during
the middle of May (8-22). Is there anyone nearby who could help him
to get recent copies of GNU software and other things (especially g++,
GNews and Common Tex)?
If you can help, could you send email so we can arrange details.
Just so this message is not a complete waste of bandwidth, can anyone
release any more GNUs especially estimated completion of kernel/file
system (e.g. mid 90s?). [did I mention we are starved of news as well?]
Thanks,
andrew
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