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Linderman" , "Phil Budne" Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2022 16:11:34 +0000 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <8f278bf8-de57-4e77-a3b8-d007d7c3a446@app.fastmail.com> <20221126191827.GV18011@mcvoy.com> <764dda08-f358-4c74-8056-ef8fc80bcaac@app.fastmail.com> <20221126232323.GX18011@mcvoy.com> <20221127001714.GY18011@mcvoy.com> <202211270443.2AR4hofO067295@ultimate.com> User-Agent: eM_Client/9.2.1222.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------=_MBAB969BA3-8D29-4354-A9E4-BE1D61585499" Message-ID-Hash: VG3EVVLQMXPAJ37VDKS23EEUFLIIDCTY X-Message-ID-Hash: VG3EVVLQMXPAJ37VDKS23EEUFLIIDCTY X-MailFrom: ron@ronnatalie.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Ron Natalie Subject: [TUHS] Re: Reaction to the 3B2 at Bell Labs List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --------=_MBAB969BA3-8D29-4354-A9E4-BE1D61585499 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >. 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