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Re: Please don't remove libc5 - old non-free software might need it!



On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, David Starner wrote:

> Also, from the Jargon File "FUD /fuhd/ n. ... has become generalized to
> refer to any kind of disinformation used as a _competitive_ weapon." 
> (Emphasis mine) Unless you're claiming that Harald Schmid is the secret
> tool of a competetor (and even that would be streaching the original
> definition), it's not correct to call it FUD.

	Uhm, just FYI, FUD = Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt.  That's what it
stands for, it's an acronym.  The definition in the Jargon File appears 
*way* too limited, so much so as to be incorrect and wrong.

		Stephen



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