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From: Jim Lowe <james@miller.cs.uwm.edu>
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To: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, terry@lambert.org
Subject: Re: To pick a (perl) fight!
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> From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert)
> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 09:53:11 -0600 (CST)
> Cc: hsu@freefall.freebsd.org, current@FreeBSD.ORG
> > 
> > This may shock you, but I don't own a printer (I probably personally
> > own more computers than 95% of the people on the list, if they don't
> > count their video equipment, ovens, or bread machines.  8-)).
> 
> Well just how many would that be?  Working off my last resource allocation
> chart, I've got...  hm.  7 routers.. 6 servers.. 3 term servers.. 12 general 
> purpose..  probably others..  that's something like 28.

Forget these Apples to Suns comparisions,
I think the real question would be what are your
telephone (communications) and electric bill MRC
costs :-).  I know someone running a Vax 780 :-).

When you have to upgrade your household electrical
service to justify your hobby -- then you really
have a reason to grunt :-).

	-Jim