[Gllug] seti

Nix nix at esperi.demon.co.uk
Mon Jan 6 20:48:05 UTC 2003


On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, David Damerell stated:
> On , 5 Jan 2003, Nix wrote:
>>On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Adam Bower moaned:
>>>Just a warning but some of the distributed drug/cancer finding software is
>>>being run by private companies who will be taking out patents on
>>>their research so that they can sell the results.
>>Do you have any idea how expensive the drug creation / clinical trial
>>process is, and what percentage of candidate drugs make it?
> 
> Yes. That doesn't mean that the companies involved shouldn't pay for
> our computer cycles if they're going to use them to make money.

Now there, I agree.

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