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Date:	7 Dec 2001 11:05:59 -0500
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From:	Jonathan Kamens <jik AT curl DOT com>
To:	bradshaw AT staff DOT crosswalk DOT com
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In-reply-to:	<911C684A29ACD311921800508B7293BA037D286B@cnmail> (message from
	Mark Bradshaw on Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:00:40 -0500)
Subject:	Re: whois package
References:	<911C684A29ACD311921800508B7293BA037D286B AT cnmail>

>  From: Mark Bradshaw <bradshaw AT staff DOT crosswalk DOT com>
>  Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:00:40 -0500 
>  
>  Any good reason to pick that one versus the gnu package?

If the GNU one is as smart as its project page says it is, I suppose
not :-).

Well, OK, I suppose one reason is that the BW version is written in
Perl and is thus probably easier to package than a version that needs
to be compiled.

Also, why the heck does the GNU whois source include a "mkpasswd"
program?  I can't see how the two are related.

On the flip side, however, I notice that the GNU version is
internationalized, and I don't know if the BW version is.

  jik

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