RE: Unix Persons Wanted

[Al Hudson <nospam [at] york.ac.uk>]

On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Richard wrote:

> I'm afraid that (being from Sheffield) I don't understand why there's
> a need to have all of the UNIX systems in the south of England.

It's not just UNIX - the M4 corridor is the source of all things technical
in this country. It's a historical reason mainly (military development,
electronics hardware, etc.), but also, like attracts like and the IT
industry is well known for it's highly fluid workforce as well..

> Or perhaps, the international Linux community can read a bus ticket
> (like the price ? ). Unlike other UNIX or Windoze users ?

Unfortuantely, I don't think that's a general rule that applies :((

Cheers,

Alex.

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