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[Ric Moore]

On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 14:53 +0000, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 12 November 2010 14:44, Cybe R. Wizard <cyber_wizard at mindspring.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:22:37 +0000
> > Alan Pope <popey at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >> I would recommend NOT giving that URL out.
> >
> > Reasoning?  What's wrong with the URL or the manual it hosts?
> >
> 
> Click it and see for yourself. :)
> 
> The URL I posted takes you directly to the team who created the ubuntu
> manual. The page Tapas posted takes you to a system for farming
> details and generating revenue for the blogger who posted the link
> originally... and what do you get for that? The same Ubuntu manual,
> but via a system generating revenue for someone who does absolutely
> zero for the ubuntu manual team.

I absolutely loathe that kind of garbage happening on the net. Ric

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"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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