Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:02:52 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Peter <peterpub2@aboutsupport.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OFFTOPIC: HP DL1xx vs IBM x3250 vs DELL R200 Message-ID: <4A5C49BC.7030907@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4A5B645C.2090105@aboutsupport.com> References: <4A5B645C.2090105@aboutsupport.com>
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