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DARPA Grant Cancelled for OpenBSD and U-Penn?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the change-of-heart dept.

Starrider writes "It seems the DARPA grant for OpenBSD and for University of Pennsylvania has been cancelled (?) immediately and without warning. See the full story in Theo's email and on deadly.org." Theo is left to only speculate why funding was suddenly pulled. One also has to wonder what this means for the University of Pennsylvania, since they were also in for a piece of the pie.

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  1. Who has money for funding good research when.... by Gefiltefish · · Score: 0, Redundant


    How can you expect for funds to be available for funding research when:

    There's a high profile hunt for probably non-existent weapons of mass freaking destruction?

    And when the people who we are casually tossing into the axis of evil decide to hate us for some mysterious reason?

    And particularly when we need every cent to make bombs big enough to take out a small Syrian town??

  2. Pulling funding is not uncommon by MyNameIsFred · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Anyone who has worked in the defense research biz can tell you that it is not uncommon for funding to be pulled. No big conspiracy is required. Generally, the funding agency has funding diverted from them to pay some other government bill. The price of something else, with a higher priority, went up. The funding agency then has to come up with the money. So they grab money from lower priority projects.

  3. WOW! by xdfgf · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You stand up for him, AND you have a quote of his in your .sig! You sucking his dick too? Fucking?

    Inquiring minds want to know!

    --
    OMG BIG PENIS ATE MY SOUP
  4. You should not Shit in the plate you Eat!!! by tommyleebyron · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Well theo, I love OpenBSD, but if you get a grant from someone.. you should not attack them. Idealism good Pragmatism Better Tom