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Date:      Tue, 14 Apr 1998 12:59:07 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com>
To:        muck@ida.net
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Project FreeBSD 98
Message-ID:  <199804141759.MAA01823@darkstar.connect.com>
In-Reply-To: <35336FDC.41C67EA6@ida.net>

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On 14 Apr, Mike wrote:
> Eivind Eklund wrote:
>> 
>> On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 10:11:52PM -0500, Frank Pawlak wrote:
>> [...on intimidating posts...]
>> > A simple minded personal example is Eric Raymond's post to chat in
>> > which he mentions VCs.  I don't have a clue what he means, so I had the
>> > option of just letting it pass or post a question as to what a VC is.  I
>> > am sure that is a term common to most in the community, so there I was
>> > somewhat hesitant to ask about it but I did anyway.
>> 
>> I don't think there are anybody but Eric Raymond that know what that
>> term meant.  I didn't, at least.  From context, it looked like it was
>> Verylarge Companies or something like it.  (I don't think it could
>> have meant 'Version Control'.  But the sentence is interesting if read
>> that way :-)
>> 
>> It isn't in my dictionaries, either.
> 
> Venture Capitalists?  I dunno.

Bingo!! That is exactly what he was refferring to.  Re-reading his post
that make sense.  And he's got a point.

Frank

> 
> Mike
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