Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 10:28:26 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Skylar Thompson <skylar@cs.earlham.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java [was: Re: Switching FreeBSD machines] Message-ID: <41CBEF4A.10501@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20041223211825.GA74194@quark.cs.earlham.edu> References: <e6ceb9d40412221727423e0eb2@mail.gmail.com> <41CA2009.5030002@krisk.org> <e6ceb9d404122217354bc3aed@mail.gmail.com> <41CA22D0.4060104@krisk.org> <e6ceb9d404122217505742e1a3@mail.gmail.com> <bc5b638504122310202783e57e@mail.gmail.com> <20041223211825.GA74194@quark.cs.earlham.edu>
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