Well considering that Astronomy is mostly a Unix world, I don't forsee M$ controlling the data. Anyway, these outputs in raw form are some of the most mind numbing series of numbers. There is little entertainment value in this data. This keeps it safe from the suits. Even SETI data is not really fun. It's the irrelevent graphics that make it entertaining.
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I thought Al Gore invented the Internet.
Well considering that Astronomy is mostly a Unix world, I don't forsee M$ controlling the data. Anyway, these outputs in raw form are some of the most mind numbing series of numbers. There is little entertainment value in this data. This keeps it safe from the suits. Even SETI data is not really fun. It's the irrelevent graphics that make it entertaining.