gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) (12/19/86)
In article <1082@ihdev.UUCP> dlr@ihdev.UUCP (55224-D. L. Ritchey) writes: > ... The so-called "hoarding of information" and >"wrongness" of someone selling software for a profit are what has >produced much of the software used to operate and use the network we are >now reading article from. Actually, one reason Unix runs this network is because AT&T was prohibited from selling it! As a result, they gave it to universities, and it gathered a following. Based on what AT&T has done since they *can* sell it now, we are all lucky it got a start before the, uh, competitive types killed that nice research result. -- John Gilmore {sun,ptsfa,lll-crg,ihnp4}!hoptoad!gnu jgilmore@lll-crg.arpa Call +1 800 854 7179 or +1 714 540 9870 and order X3.159-198x (ANSI C) for $65. Then spend two weeks reading it and weeping. THEN send in formal comments!