Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:50:16 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: "Lucian @ lastdot.org" <lucian@lastdot.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player Message-ID: <4AC70238.1000209@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <5a3c8f450910022228k3c196b6ay1acc3031716d673d@mail.gmail.com> References: <28f938b10910021725p7e615617xf21639d3fb7fcc9d@mail.gmail.com> <4AC6A26E.9080405@gmail.com> <4297a9020910021815p60858505w89abbfa909b99340@mail.gmail.com> <20091003045640.GA28502@guilt.hydra> <5a3c8f450910022228k3c196b6ay1acc3031716d673d@mail.gmail.com>
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