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Subject: Re: Thank who?  (was, Re: NeWS wanted)
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Date: Wed, 20-May-87 05:50:57 EDT
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Date: 18 May 1987 1147-PDT (Monday)
From: Keith Lantz <lantz@gregorio.stanford.edu>

   In article <8704260521.AA00696@brillig.umd.edu> dm@BFLY-VAX.BBN.COM writes:
   >Subject: Re: NeWS wanted
   >Date: 25 Apr 87 10:52:57 D (Sat)
   >From: dm@bfly-vax.bbn.com
   >
   >> It's free (thanks DEC!)
   >
   >Ahem.  That's ``Thanks, MIT'', please.

   Shields raised,  asbestos garments on...

   For the $25M+ that MIT got in equipment and cash, not to mention that they
   hold the license; I see no need to single out MIT for X.  They got lots of 
   money and support over a 5 year period and hacked out a window system. It 
   was a business transaction, not a donation to the community.  Why not thank
   the people who paid for it, who are still paying for it?

Indeed, while we're at it, why not make sure to thank Stanford
(especially Paul Asente) for getting the ball rolling in the first
place -- with X's ancestor, W.

Cheers, Keith

P.S. For you trivia buffs, W was so named because it was developed for
the V distributed operating system.  I believe it was only
serendipitous that W could also stand for "Window".