[vox] [fwd] Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, July 20
Bill Kendrick
nbs at sonic.net
Fri Jul 20 17:17:47 PDT 2007
I've stripped out much of the non-Linux, non-Open Source and non-local
stuff. Big newsletter this time! Enjoy,
-bill!
----- Forwarded message from Marsee Henon -----
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:49:11 -0700
From: "Marsee Henon"
Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, July 20
Hi there
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--Marsee
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