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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: net.graphics
Subject: Re: Electronically stored terrain maps --a query
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Date: Thu, 19-Apr-84 17:29:11 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 19 17:29:11 1984
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* <- sacrifice for the line-eater

   "Talking about cost-only/Tax-payer paid software. How can NASA charge
   so much for their software ?"

Because the taxpayers paid for it, and the taxpayers wouldn't mind
seeing some return on their investment.  Just because you paid, say,
one hundred-millionth of the cost of developing it doesn't mean you
should get to use it free.  Maybe you should get a small discount,
but that's about all.  (You probably do get a discount, in fact --
I believe a lot of NASA stuff costs more outside the U.S., i.e. when
the people buying it are not U.S. taxpayers.)
-- 
				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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