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From: cnh5730@calvin.tamu.edu (Chuck Herrick)
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Subject: Re: Mach for i386
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Date: 6 Oct 90 19:25:22 GMT
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In article <3270@vela.acs.oakland.edu> srodawa@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Dr. Srodawa) writes:
>The little people will be able to buy the package from MtXinu.  Just
>like the little people buy SCO Xenix or SCO Unix instead of a source
>license from AT&T.

     Oh really? But when you buy UNIX from SCO what you're paying for
     is a product privately developed and produced supposedly with no
     funding from U.S. tax dollars... Mach has been funded virtually
     entirely by the U.S. Government, which means that OUR TAX DOLLARS
     HAVE ALREADY BEEN SPENT to fund some professors and graduate
     students to develop it. DO Y0U EXPECT US TO PAY FOR IT TWICE?
     I want an answer to the following question: just how much is
     MtXinu paying to the U.S. Government for Mach so the U.S. 
     Govenment can recoup its investment in Mach and CMU in the form
     of U.S. tax dollars? 
     And while we're asking, how does a private enterprise like MtXinu
     get its hands on a publicly-funded project like Mach? And who is
     MtXinu anyway? Are they a private shell formed to make a
     profit from work already paid for by U.S. taxpayers?
-- 
	Chuck Herrick				cnh5730@calvin.tamu.edu