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At 12:40 PM -0700 4/26/97, Karl Denninger wrote: >For 90% of that database, the development and operation was paid for with >*private funds* as a *private, for-profit, revenue-funded* business. under a government agreement, with a government assignment of responsibility and government review and approval of the fees. the agreement, by the way, says that the data belong to the government. >NSI put up the risk capital to do this. They did so with no guarantee >of a profit, and in fact claim they have lost money. no, really they didn't, since the captial came from the revenue stream. >I believe that if push comes to shove, this will be supported through legal >process. and I believe they won't. ain't it great to have all these free legal opinions floating around? >This is what I've been saying for 18 months, but nobody wanted to hear it >then because it was politically unpalatable. or, perhaps, because your legal opinions are even less than mine, and that's going some. d/ -------------------- Dave Crocker +1 408 246 8253 Brandenburg Consulting fax: +1 408 249 6205 675 Spruce Dr. [email protected] Sunnyvale CA 94086 USA http://www.brandenburg.com Internet Mail Consortium http://www.imc.org, [email protected] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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