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