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diff --git a/usergrps/uktug/baskervi/6_2/truth.tex b/usergrps/uktug/baskervi/6_2/truth.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cad2884a85 --- /dev/null +++ b/usergrps/uktug/baskervi/6_2/truth.tex @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +\title{Urgent Newsflash: Origins of \LaTeX} +\author{anonymous} +\begin{Article} +\frenchspacing +U.S. Government Department of Defense papers released yesterday reveal +the true source of the \LaTeX\ document preparation tool. Under the +twenty-five year rule, hitherto secret Military Intelligence papers have +been released into the public domain, detailing the Government +involvement in the development of a prototype software tool. + +Major General Charles Schultz publicly apologised at a press meeting +held to diffuse what was described as a `tense situation' as the +unsavoury origins of the `alleged software' were finally unearthed. +Developed at the height of the Cold War, the prototype system was aimed +at crippling the so-called `information net' within the Soviet high +command. Maj. Gen. Schultz said, `We realised what would happen if an +enemy organisation actually tried to create documents with this thing. +Of course, it seems cold-blooded now, but you have to remember that this +was at a time of war.' He added, `We never expected it to get out into +general circulation'. + +Apparently, the software was released into a controlled environment +under the cover of a beta-test at several academic sites in Europe and +America. `We put in place all safety measures. However, we didn't fully +appreciate the tenacity of academic staff in using and then illegally +copying it into the wider environment. With hindsight, we should have +taken a warning from the fact that they still thought Fortran was a good +idea.' + +DoD boffins are rumoured to have panicked and released a beta-version of +Emacs, the strangely popular editor-cum-operating-system in order to +stem the spread of \LaTeX. However, Maj. Gen. Schultz declined to +comment. + +\end{Article} |