Interesting article on UCSD Pascal team annual reunion

[John Foust]

At 02:41 PM 9/16/2004, you wrote:
>John Foust wrote:
>>http://alumni.ucsd.edu/magazine/vol1no3/features/pascal.htm
>
>"Some in the UCSD crowd remain convinced that their software was technologically superior to Bill Gates's MS-DOS, and still mourn that outcome."
>
>so, please put it open source ...

Eight years ago or so, I'd inquired at the UCSD licensing office.
Just dealing with a junk yard dealer, the very act of asking
about an item raises its value from zero.  At the time, a UK
company (Cabot Software http://www.cabot.co.uk/) still held 
an active license from UCSD.  They were pushing the p-System
opcode engine as their solution for set-top boxes.  

By 2001, Cabot had given up on supporting or promoting technology
based on their their old p-code-based system.  I haven't asked
at UCSD since...  but if I do, I suspect they will get dollar 
signs in their eyes, as per above.

- John