CIA funding helped keep NeXT afloat in the 80s

	CIA funding helped keep NeXT afloat in the 80s(wsj.com)
	442 points by EwanG 2 days ago \| 267 comments
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	HN Discussion: ↓Title is misleading; CIA merely purchased NeXT computers rather than covertly funding the company ↑Personal anecdotes confirming widespread government/agency use of NeXT hardware ~NeXT's lack of POSIX compliance limited government adoption compared to Sun ↑Ross Perot's connections drove government NeXT purchases until Jobs damaged the relationships ↑Government contracts commonly sustain early-stage hardware companies, so this isn't surprising