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by Michael Froomkin
Laurie Silvers & Mitchell Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Law
University of Miami School of Law
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Hey,
I guess I’m going to have to start learning Apache, Fetchmail, & Sendmail now. I just got vmware going on my ubuntu hd and was thinking about redoing my whole setup anyway… ubuntu/XP home.
Looks like every rose has its thorn
As for topic – Wikipedia really rules and I hate those who put false info in it