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From: gs26@prism.gatech.EDU (Glenn R. Stone)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Roll Your Own Name Service
Message-ID: <31489@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 17 Jun 91 14:51:43 GMT
References: <43320@cup.portal.com>
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Organization: Dead Poets Society
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In <43320@cup.portal.com> Startup@cup.portal.com (Startup Consulting Company) writes:

>If you were trying to get a list of all the users on
>all UNIX machines in a well-defined Internet, how would you
>do it if some users were using white/yellow pages, others
>were using OSF's directory service, etc.?  

And anyone who really believes that this is legit should
have his or her head examined...  I know, I'll set up a
telephone shrink service.  Lessee, how about

           1-900-BIG-HOLE 

Feh.

Glenn R. Stone (gs26@prism.gatech.edu) speaking for himself