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- From: jclark@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (John Clark)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.mach
- Subject: Re: BNR2SS, Mach, and The Lawsuit (was Re: GNU kids on the block?)
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- Date: 27 Aug 92 20:43:40 GMT
- References: <1992Aug26.205942.23188@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> <RWD.92Aug26182604@ERNST.MACH.CS.CMU.EDU> <59917@mimsy.umd.edu>
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- In article <59917@mimsy.umd.edu> jds@cs.umd.edu (James da Silva) writes:
- +
- +Damn. Looks like AT&T/USL has already won if a place with as deep pockets
- +and as long a history/reputation in the university Unix community as CMU is
-
- There you have it, deep pockets, filled by corporations, who will
- look twice if the university battles one of the 'deep pockets'. UC
- Berkeley has a little bit of 'standing' since it has the state
- sponsorship (although that is dwindling too), where as a more
- private organization may be much more atune to corporate donor
- interrests.
-
- But I thought Mach was developed by assistence provided by DARPA, and
- hence not dependent on corporate dollars. Well, maybe that was the
- initial work..
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- John Clark
- jclark@ucsd.edu
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