> Yes, TeX itself: it was not (maybe I had better say "not only" to stop
> being lynched) a labour of love by a heroic individual but a very
> well-funded and staffed major resaerch programme (sic).
>
So, it was funded by research money. Thats not what *I* mean by
`sponsorship'. I was referring to people putting money into work
because they want to use the result. People like the NSF didnt give
Knuth cash because they wanted to use TeX....