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Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant |
Semi On reports on the sudden pulling of OpenBSD's DARPA grant |
funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers |
funding. This article laments about the possibility that researchers |
must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new |
must be "good party men" in order to receive funding in the new |
american century. |
American century. |
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DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>, |
DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn</a>, |
SlashDot, April 17, 2003. |
SlashDot, April 17, 2003. |
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SlashDot report (and user folloups) on the funding cancellation. |
SlashDot report (and user followups) on the funding cancellation. |
Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the |
Links to Theo's original email (see below) announcing that DARPA cut the |
project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania) |
project's funding (which was coming through the University of Pennsylvania) |
without notice or justification. |
without notice or justification. |
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<a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2"> |
<a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105061580500738&w=2"> |
DARPA Cancellation</a>, |
DARPA Cancellation</a>, |
MARC (Mailing list ARchives), April 17, 2003. |
MARC (Mailing list Archives), April 17, 2003. |
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Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding: |
Theo's original mail announcing DARPA's arbitrary cancellation of its funding: |
"It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program |
"It has come to my attention that DARPA has cancelled the POSSE program |
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<a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a> |
<a href="http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~dsl/POSSE/">POSSE</a> |
programs. |
programs. |
Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only |
Quotes Theo as explaining that "no development serves only |
goverment purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed |
government purposes": "Nearly everything that is being developed |
is going into the OpenBSD source tree..." |
is going into the OpenBSD source tree..." |
Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3. |
Summarizes recent developments that are in -current and will be in 3.3. |
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Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make |
Jeremy Andrews writes a report about how he tried to contact Sun and make |
them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture |
them explain their position concerning their "open" architecture |
UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no reponse politics. |
UltraSparc-III - and fails due to Sun's no response politics. |
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