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Date:      Fri, 2 Apr 1999 15:13:27 +1000 (EST)
From:      Andrew Perry <andrew@python.shoal.net.au>
To:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: User Friendly has been shut down
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.95.990402151050.24724A-100000@python.shoal.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <19990402040902.DMPU5611744.mta2-rme@wocker>

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I thought it was funny. I think it's in the nature of April Fool's jokes
to irritate some people but I don't think that was their intent.

I think a measure of it's success was the amount of people who seriously
considered it to be true.

Andrew Perry

On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, Dan Langille wrote:

> Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 16:07:43 +1200
> From: Dan Langille <junkmale@xtra.co.nz>
> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: User Friendly has been shut down
> 
> On 2 Apr 99, at 4:38, Adrian Wontroba wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 01:33:43PM +1200, Dan Langille wrote:
> > > But it is humourous!  Look at all the msgs that flew around!  Everyone
> > > was taken in.  That's the funny bit.
> > 
> > I don't think it at all funny. It would have been if it were contained
> > within April 1st, but the long lead-in made most people suspect it was
> > true for too long, wasting time, effort and sympathy - which might not be
> > so forthcoming if the event were to occur for real.
> 
> The only important point is that it did occur on 1 April.  There was 
> immedicate speculation that it was an AFJ.  Those that rushed off wasting 
> time, effort, and sympathey were premature.  Everyone I spoke with adopted 
> a wait-and-see attitude.
> 
> --
> Dan Langille
> The FreeBSD Diary
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