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Re: Dark Gray Tanker
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Date: 
Sun, 23 Jan 2000 03:25:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote:
Jasper Janssen wrote:
Larry? Look around this virtual space. What is it you see?

Something non IBMish.

Perhaps, just perhaps, I wasn't talking to you(1), and wasn't talking
about newsgroups(2). Forums are a peculiar, IBM specific thing that
significantly predate the widespread adoption of newsgroups. They were
dying out, relatively speaking, within IBM when I left.

Exactly.

Not exactly.

Larry Pieniazek - larryp@novera.com - http://my.voyager.net/lar
http://www.mercator.com. Mercator, the e-business transformation company
fund Lugnet(tm): http://www.ebates.com/ ref: lar, 1/2 $$ to lugnet.

Note: this is a family forum!
                         ^^^^^
I suppose you should change your signature, then.

<ducks, runs>

:)

-Tim

http://www.zacktron.com
http://www.ldraw.org
AIM:   timcourtne
ICQ:   23951114



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(...) Something non IBMish. Perhaps, just perhaps, I wasn't talking to you(1), and wasn't talking about newsgroups(2). Forums are a peculiar, IBM specific thing that significantly predate the widespread adoption of newsgroups. They were dying out, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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