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Subject: Re:  Berkeley -vs- Godzilla
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Date: Fri, 11-Nov-83 11:09:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 11 11:09:00 1983
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the form of a major release is basically "nice guy" work, because
increasing the reputation of Berkeley and the pool of outside
users makes research easier.  For an example of what 4.2 would
be like without the DARPA funding, you have only to look at
2.9BSD...except it would be worse, since much of 2.9 comes from
4.2.  Those folks who think that 4.2 is nice but that Berkeley
should get their act together and behave like a proper vendor are
not cognizant of the fact that they are merely the recipients of
the fallout of government research, NOT of a development campaign
mounted by folks out for commercial bucks.  Berkeley's ethical
responsibility lies solely with DARPA and its own grad students.