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From: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk>
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In-Reply-To: Terry Lambert's message of Jul 13,  1:43am
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Subject: Re: Package system flaws?
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> From: tlambert2@mindspring.com (Terry Lambert)
> Date: Sat 13 Jul, 2002
> Subject: Re: Package system flaws?

> Jos Backus wrote:
> > Also, fyi, see the ``Delegations'' section on
> > 
> >     http://cr.yp.to/slashpackage/names.html
> 
> He is cheating.  He is serializing name space allocations through
> an individual person, in order to avoid collisions.

Um, you didn't read down to the ``Delegations'' section...

		Cheers,

		Mark.

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