From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca>
Subject: Re: Software Patent Concerns => New Black Markets?
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 16:22:42 -0400
Date: 2003-08-21T16:22:42-04:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7S91b.628$9a2.32928@news20.bellglobal.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3F43F1C3.2020806@attbi.com>
Thanks Robert, for sharing that with us. I generally find
pioneering work such as this, fascinating.
Warren.
Robert I. Eachus wrote:
> Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote:
>
>> "They decreed that the stored-program idea rightfully
>> belonged in the public domain."
>>
>> And that is how it was decided, and we enjoy its benefits today.
>
> I knew many of the people involved in this. (Pres Eckart was best man
> at my parent's wedding, and my father at Pres's first wedding.) But
> more than that I knew a number of people who actually worked on Eniac in
> addition to the principle players.
...
> Johnny von then wrote his infamous paper, recently declassified. The
> reason for the omitted references became obvious when that happened. The
> Johnny von paper was prepared with an annex that described some of the
> details of the implementation and credited Pres and John Mauchley. But
> the paper was distributed at a time when it was felt that the fact the
> machine actually existed at present should be very closely held. But
> still most people who saw the (classified) paper never saw the annex.
> Why? Because the annex discussed how to use ENIAC to replace the bombes
> used to decrypt Enigma messages. The Johnny Von paper was only Top
> Secret. That annex was literally classified as Ultra Secret, and only
> available to those in the know on Ultra. (And again, AFAIK, my father
> did get to see the full paper, but Pres Eckert never did. However, I was
> not able to discuss that with my father until much, much later when I
> could show him an unclassified copy of the annex, so we are talking
> memories thirty years later.)
> --
> Robert I. Eachus
--
Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg
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2003-08-02 10:06 Realtime/embedded project to help with employment Luke A. Guest
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2003-08-06 12:00 ` Phil Thornley
2003-08-06 12:15 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-07 18:38 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-08 11:51 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-08 21:02 ` rleif
2003-08-09 14:00 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-09 15:53 ` Michael Erdmann
2003-08-10 5:01 ` rleif
2003-08-10 7:10 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-10 16:35 ` rleif
2003-08-10 17:53 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-12 16:14 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2003-08-12 18:12 ` Ed Falis
2003-08-10 22:45 ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-08-12 14:55 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 12:59 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-13 13:46 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 14:50 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-13 17:02 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-12 14:59 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-12 15:05 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-08-12 15:16 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-12 16:08 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-08-12 17:35 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 7:33 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-08-13 7:45 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 10:13 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-08-13 11:00 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 11:48 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-08-13 12:12 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 11:32 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-12 16:17 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2003-08-13 3:58 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-08-19 13:54 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2003-08-10 17:04 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-11 14:20 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-12 12:34 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-12 13:48 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-13 3:58 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-08-13 7:14 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 13:24 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-13 13:54 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-15 0:19 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-08-15 8:35 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-15 14:26 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-15 14:37 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-15 16:14 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-16 10:02 ` Preben Randhol
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2003-08-18 6:38 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-18 13:34 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-18 15:43 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-18 18:36 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-18 20:30 ` Preben Randhol
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2003-08-19 6:29 ` Preben Randhol
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2003-08-16 18:18 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-16 18:33 ` Stephane Richard
2003-08-17 12:52 ` Stephane Richard
2003-08-17 13:20 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-08-18 6:41 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-17 23:03 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-08-18 1:51 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-13 11:14 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-08-13 12:49 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-08-13 23:34 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-13 12:34 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-13 13:10 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 13:30 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-13 13:47 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-14 12:32 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-14 13:56 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-15 12:22 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-17 7:47 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-13 13:55 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-08-14 12:40 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-18 11:10 ` Dale Stanbrough
2003-08-13 14:40 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-13 16:49 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-14 13:01 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-14 16:46 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-15 4:22 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-08-15 9:48 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-08-15 21:59 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-08-16 1:36 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-17 11:30 ` Simon Wright
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2003-08-17 12:30 ` Jeffrey Creem
2003-08-16 1:58 ` George Shapovalov
2003-08-16 10:08 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-16 11:50 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-16 12:04 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-16 18:25 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-18 6:46 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-18 13:48 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-16 13:31 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-08-17 14:27 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-17 23:40 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-08-18 2:00 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-08-18 12:04 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-08-17 8:26 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-17 19:04 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-08-15 12:40 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-16 22:32 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-17 12:22 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-17 23:34 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-14 12:52 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-14 14:03 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-12 14:52 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 12:41 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-13 13:32 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-12 22:15 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-13 1:04 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-08-13 2:08 ` Wesley Groleau
2003-08-13 12:54 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-13 13:36 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 16:52 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-13 7:11 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-13 22:26 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-14 2:19 ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-08-14 6:54 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-14 15:03 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-15 0:46 ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-08-15 8:22 ` Preben Randhol
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2003-08-16 10:04 ` Preben Randhol
2003-08-14 8:27 ` Luke A. Guest
2003-08-14 9:58 ` Preben Randhol
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2003-08-13 12:49 ` Marin David Condic
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2003-08-13 17:20 ` Hyman Rosen
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2003-08-13 23:40 ` Luke A. Guest
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2003-08-16 22:49 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-17 14:07 ` Marin David Condic
2003-08-17 23:45 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-08-15 16:13 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-08-16 2:27 ` Alexander Kopilovitch
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2003-08-16 23:34 ` Software Patent Concerns => New Black Markets? Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
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