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From: eric@snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.misc
Subject: Re: MULTICS and the Jargon File
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Date: 4 Dec 90 16:51:12 GMT
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In <1990Dec3.193049.8771@sctc.com> Rick Smith wrote:
> On the other hand, I felt incensed because I thought the anti-Multics feeling
> had increased in the new version over what I recalled from years past. The
> old entry describing HBD made it sound as if only certain dumb things were
> being condemned rather than the whole system. I assumed that the changes were
> caused by recent copy editing and fading memories.

Certainly not by my intention. I actually don't think the relevant part of the
BRAIN DAMAGE entry has changed since jargon-1. Hold on, lemme check...nope,
it hasn't. Can we close this thread now?
-- 
      Eric S. Raymond = eric@snark.thyrsus.com  (mad mastermind of TMN-Netnews)


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