I can vouch for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter's involvement. I befriended Phil Moore from MSDW at OSCON this year. He was very interested in the young Perl talent (he took me and Michel Lambert (of Rebug fame)) to dinner with a large group of other people. And then there was that convertible... mmm...

I should get in contact with him again. ;)

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