Reply by M. James Errico3,4(415) 1143

The Comtre Corporation expended development funds that led to the award of several Air Force contracts. In turn, the Corporation hired technical employees to deliver reports against a specific statement of work to the Air Force. The technical people involved were paid a salary by the Corporation to work on these particular contracts. No individual was hired as an author for what was to become the publication in question. The Corporation itself expended additional funds to bring about the completed Operating Systems Survey
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publication. C. S. McIntosh, K. P. Choate, and W. C. Mittewede did not contribute any works that led to the preparation of the final manuscript for the publication.