In article <1v7b12INNk5k@rave.larc.nasa.gov> jcburt@gatsibm.larc.nasa.gov writes:

   Corporations will not pay to develop "free" software. Government will not pay
   to develop "free" software. Colleges & Universities will only pay to develop
   free software to the extent that it is part of a research project.

Not true.  I sit here doing exactly what you say will not happen.

-russ <nelson@crynwr.com> What canst *thou* say?
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