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+Special thanks to the following people and organizations for
+supporting the development of Octave:
+
+  * Digital Equipment Corporation, for a one year grant as part of
+    their External Research Program.
+
+  * Sun Microsystems, Inc., for an Academic Equipment grant.
+
+  * The University of Texas College of Engineering, for providing a
+    Challenge for Excellence Research Supplement, and for providing an
+    Academic Development Funds grant.
+
+  * The State of Texas, for providing funding through the Texas
+    Advanced Technology Program under Grant No. 003658-078.
+
+  * Texaco Chemical Company, for providing funding to continue the
+    development of this software.
+
+  * Noel Bell, Senior Engineer, Texaco Chemical Company, Austin Texas.
+
+  * James B. Rawlings, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical
+    Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin.