Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Satellite netnews gateway installed: "stargate" exists! Message-ID: <4775@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 15:43:18 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.4775 Posted: Wed Dec 12 15:43:18 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 12-Dec-84 15:43:18 EST References: <463@vortex.UUCP>, <271@bragvax.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 31 In Lauren's defense... > This is totally bogus! There is no reason why the decoder should cost > more than $100 (video input) or $150 (RF input). Lauren is a pro in this area; I'm afraid I put rather more faith in his cost estimates than yours. > ... If Lauren is turning a > profit on this, why is Usenix funding the project? Maybe because they think it's desirable, even if some awful capitalist swine does happen to be making a profit on it. Or even Lauren :-). Seriously, David, we're talking about a substantial production volume for this widget -- even 10 copies counts as "production" when it comes to the practical end of building them, and there'll be more than that -- and such things work out much better if people who work hard to make them go are allowed some compensation. > Yeah, specialized hardware -- an SBC with some RAM on it. Plus a wee bit of software imbedded in that hardware... "Software should be called hardware, and hardware should be called easyware." > This project seems to be about as well organized as the "Usenet > project". And what have you done for the network lately? -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry