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    From bad sector@forgetski@_INVALID.net to alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.os.linux.mint,alt.os.linux on Mon Jun 15 11:17:19 2026
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    On 6/2/26 7:13 PM, Paul wrote:
    On Tue, 6/2/2026 5:00 PM, Halloween Documents wrote:
    The Halloween documents comprise a series of confidential Microsoft
    memoranda on potential strategies relating to free software, open-source
    software, and to Linux in particular, and a series of media responses to
    these memoranda. Both the leaked documents and the responses were
    published by open-source software advocate Eric S. Raymond in 1998.

    The documents are associated with Halloween because many of them were
    originally leaked close to October 31 in different years.

    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_documents>

    Tuesday, 02 October 1998 @ 22:00:


    It seems like only yesterday.

    When Balmer was just a small boy... and not very sweaty.

    Penny candy were $0.03 each.

    Only Cher looks exactly the same.

    Paul

    Barbara Streissand had not only the looks but also the voice that
    literally hundreds of chest-pounding apes have tried to match


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  • From rbowman@bowman@montana.com to alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.os.linux.mint,alt.os.linux on Mon Jun 15 19:17:59 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.comp.os.windows-11

    On Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:17:19 -0400, bad sector wrote:

    Barbara Streissand had not only the looks but also the voice that
    literally hundreds of chest-pounding apes have tried to match

    If you like large air cleaners...
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  • From bad sector@forgetski@_INVALID.net to alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.os.linux.mint,alt.os.linux on Mon Jun 15 17:49:57 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.comp.os.windows-11

    On 6/15/26 3:17 PM, rbowman wrote:
    On Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:17:19 -0400, bad sector wrote:

    Barbara Streissand had not only the looks but also the voice that
    literally hundreds of chest-pounding apes have tried to match

    If you like large air cleaners...

    I wuz there for the voice


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  • From bad sector@forgetski@_INVALID.net to alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.os.linux.mint,alt.os.linux on Wed Jun 17 06:20:46 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.comp.os.windows-11

    On 6/2/26 7:13 PM, Paul wrote:
    On Tue, 6/2/2026 5:00 PM, Halloween Documents wrote:
    The Halloween documents comprise a series of confidential Microsoft
    memoranda on potential strategies relating to free software, open-source
    software, and to Linux in particular, and a series of media responses to
    these memoranda. Both the leaked documents and the responses were
    published by open-source software advocate Eric S. Raymond in 1998.

    The documents are associated with Halloween because many of them were
    originally leaked close to October 31 in different years.

    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_documents>

    Tuesday, 02 October 1998 @ 22:00:


    It seems like only yesterday.

    When Balmer was just a small boy... and not very sweaty.

    Penny candy were $0.03 each.

    Only Cher looks exactly the same.

    Paul


    How small a boy? I mean he never grew up. When he was born gas was 30
    cents and we washed the road gum off cars with it


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