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[R. A. Hettinga]

At 9:04 PM -0800 12/28/05, Sarad AV wrote:
>What really is the advantage of this programme?

It was part of AlGore's "The internet is hip and *all* government agencies
*must* participate" scheme.

It's been there for most of a decade, and I bet it hasn't changed much.

Cheers,
RAH

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