Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!rex!bourbon!barad
From: barad@bourbon.ee.tulane.edu (Herb Barad)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: TO ANYONE REQUESTING KHOROS FROM UNM
Message-ID: <5307@rex.cs.tulane.edu>
Date: 7 Dec 90 22:36:28 GMT
References: <1569@ulowell.ulowell.edu> <9012071633.AA26214@zardoz.coral.com>
Sender: news@rex.cs.tulane.edu
Organization: E.E. Dept., Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Lines: 34

In article <9012071633.AA26214@zardoz.coral.com> don@zardoz.coral.COM (Don Dewar) writes:
>
>Most University projects that I am most aware of result in knowledge
>and techniques that are a little rough, often just serving as proof of
>concept.  Then private industry hones it and makes it commercially
>viable.  That does not prevent the University from distributing their
>work.  It should be no different when the work involves software.
>
>In addition, if UNM is a state run institution, I challenge anyones
>right to squelch the distribution of that work.  State run
>institutions are subsidized to a large part by the government (both
>local and federal) and by the meager tuition they charge their
>students.  Therefore, everyone that pays taxes has financed the worked
>accomplished at that institution and has a right to see it and use it.

I don't know anything about this particular case, but I agree with you
completely.  I think (although I'm not 100% sure) that the Paragon
product was based on work by UNM.  I have the package by Paragon and
I've just downloaded Khoros and I think Khoros is several times
better: in performance, quality, functionality, documentation, and
especially the price!

I've archived our Paragon software and I feel we're going to be using
Khoros.  Our Paragon s/w cost us about $1000 (university pricing), but
Paragon will NOT give university discount on its upgrade.  We can't
afford the high price of the upgrade... soooooo.............

				Thanks Univ. of New Mexico!

I will be watching the status of the suit.  It will be important to
see what happens.
Herb Barad	[Signal & Image Processing Laboratory]
		[Electrical Engineering Dept. - Tulane Univ.]
INTERNET:	barad@bourbon.ee.tulane.edu