From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 12:41:43 +0000 From: Balwinder S Dheeman Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: , <87547b6d0c64121086199ea1e6379d99@ladd.quanstro.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] crazy idea - drawterm in javascript? Topicbox-Message-UUID: e769c7d0-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 05/18/2011 09:37 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: >> >> How useful a research could be which is not backed by a business idea? >> Who will fund such projects, why and for how long? >> > > you mean a research project like unix or plan 9? Yes, even Minix and Linux kernel also. If I'm not wrong Andrew S. Tanenbaum started Minix for educational and, or research purpose, which inspired the creation of Linux kernel and Linus Torvalds started it as a hobby and, or research project. -- Balwinder S "bdheeman" Dheeman (http://werc.homelinux.net/contact/) Choosing a distro-comp.os.linux.misc|Google Groups http://bit.ly/hEq1Z