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From: coleman@unisoft.UUCP (Donald Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: Dallas Plague
Message-ID: <859@unisoft.UUCP>
Date: 25 Feb 88 05:02:31 GMT
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Reply-To: coleman@barnard.UUCP (Don Coleman)
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I'm not surprised a number of people came down with it in Dallas.
It was written up in the local SF paper here about a week ago(it even
has a name, RSV, or RVS, or something like that).

I got it from one of my coworkers about 3 weeks before the conference.
Both Kirk Mckusick and Eric Allman came down with it, just about 4 days
after I went over to their place to watch the new star trek series(I
had just finally crept out of bed), so Kirk was in the middle of it(4
days later) the sunday before usenix(for the boardmeeting).  I hate to
think how many people he infected while doing tutorials and the like.

This bug really likes to get around.  Give it a chance, and it will 
leap at you too!  Only one nice thing about it.  You generally only
get each particular bug once in your life(but, alas, there are thousands
of them).

In good health, till next winter at least,
don
coleman@berkeley.edu