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From: Bill Pechter <pechter@lakewood.com>
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Subject: Re: mv /usr/src/games /dev/null - any objections?
In-Reply-To: <E0xTQJb-00023X-00@ash3.doc.ic.ac.uk> from Niall Smart at "Nov 6, 97 11:41:35 am"
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> On Nov 5,  7:23pm, Terry Lambert wrote:
> } Subject: Re: mv /usr/src/games /dev/null - any objections?
> > 
> > I have to say that my introduction to UNIX was via the games.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > If you kill the games, you damage "recruitment".
> 
> With all respect, studies show that only 1/100000 people install FreeBSD
> to play text mode games.
> 
> Niall
> 

My wife's FreeBSD usage is mostly rogue and webmistress work... Guess
which one takes more time!

Bill

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