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09.05.08

Beyond 4,000

Posted in Site News at 2:08 pm by Roy Schestowitz

Quietly enough we cruised past the 4000th post in the Web site (this one is number 4,006). We reached this milestone without even noticing.

Thanks to all those who help expand the explanations, which will be made more cohesive in the future.

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  1. ml2mst said,

    September 5, 2008 at 8:21 pm

    Congratulations! Great work so far. I use BN a lot for reference in discussions on forums and National GNU/Linux Usenet groups. Saves me a lot of typing work ;-)

    Keep up the good work!

    With kind regards,

    Marti

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