Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!mit-eddie!bu-cs!tower From: tower@bu-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: EMACS, GNU, other goodies Message-ID: <6906@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Date: Thu, 23-Apr-87 18:13:18 EST Article-I.D.: bu-cs.6906 Posted: Thu Apr 23 18:13:18 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Apr-87 06:38:27 EST References: <2404@ncoast.UUCP> Reply-To: gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu Organization: ~/.mail-plain.cf Lines: 23 Summary: ask gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu In article <2404@ncoast.UUCP> billw@wolf.UUCP (Bill Wisner) writes: > What is GNU? How does the recently posted GNU EMACS fit in? How can I > become a > beta tester for this stuff? (Yes, I know, proper English usage rule #2791: > Avoid colloquial stuff.) The little bit I have heard about GNU is very > tantalizing, and it is frustrating when it is assumed that all readers have > basic knowledge of "what's a GNU?" as a given.. > -- > Bill Wisner: "You're kidding, right?" > ..{sdcsvax,ihnp4}!jack!wolf!billw > ..cwruecmp!ncoast!billw These questions can be answered by asking the address: gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu ..!ucbvax!prep.ai.mit.edu!gnu enjyo -len -- Len Tower, Distributed Systems Group, Boston University, 111 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA +1 (617) 353-2780 Home: 36 Porter Street, Somerville, MA 02143, USA +1 (617) 623-7739 UUCP: {}!harvard!bu-cs!tower INTERNET: tower@bu-cs.bu.edu