Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site whuxle.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!whuxle!mag From: mag@whuxle.UUCP (Gray Mike) Newsgroups: net.crypt Subject: Re: Fermat's Last Theorem Message-ID: <519@whuxle.UUCP> Date: Tue, 10-Jul-84 16:08:53 EDT Article-I.D.: whuxle.519 Posted: Tue Jul 10 16:08:53 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 11-Jul-84 01:23:22 EDT References: <1004@druxt.UUCP> <734@abnjh.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Whippany Lines: 16 > >I heard about this too. The story was that the guy is a greedy shit and >wants to 'sell it to the highest bidder'. Apparently there are results >which impact on areas of NP-completeness, factoring primes (another BIG >result of his work), etc. > >M. Kenig >...abnjh!cbspt002 Why do you characterize someone who likes to be remunerated for his effort as a "greedy shit?" Mike Gray AT&T Bell Labs Whippany, N.J.