FUD (was: Re: HEADSUP: ad driver will be retired!)

From: Alexander Leidinger (Alexander_at_Leidinger.net)
Date: 06/30/04

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    Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 20:24:40 +0200
To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org

    On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 10:36:39 -0700
    "Alfred Pederole" <apederole@mailworks.org> wrote:

    > In a few days time the ad driver will be retired from FreeBSDs
    > i386 architecture.

    Our troll is back. Dear readers of -current: don't follow those
    instructions!

    Bye,
    Alexander. 

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