Well, there's no such thing as non-funded. Any organization gets some money, and the challenge is sustainability.
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From 1978 when I bought my Apple II, for the next four years I just threw myself into PCs, and did lots of things - I had a little consulting practice, I formed an Apple users group in the New England area which was, of course, the first one on the East Coast, and I started a tiny cottage software business doing a statistics and graphics package for the Apple II.Mitch Kapor
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