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On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 00:27:01 -0700
perryh@pluto.rain.com (Perry Hutchison) wrote:

> "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> wrote:
> 
> > It's a pity there are now only two manufacturers of spinning rust.
> 
> I didn't think there were _any_!  Haven't oxide-coated platters gone
> the way of the dodo bird?

	Ah the technicalities, this is a software group :-)

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