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Subject: Re: Multilingual TeX
From: Chris Rowley <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 14:29:37 +0200
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Sebastian Rahtz wrote --

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....

Agreed: but they are putting megabucks into the xxx archives
essentially "because authors want to use TeX and avoid publishers
(sepecially Elsevier:-)".

>
> Did the AMS pay for any of TeX?

Yes: I do not know any details about who payed for what; I guess
barbara beeton is the "honorary official historian"?


chris

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