Yes I remember having my pc running 24/7 looking for "aliens" for a while.

I see it like this, no matter who profit from it, I don't mind helping. True that maybe a med comp will get the big buck while I get nothing, but it could end up saving lives. I'm not so naive that I belive it will save everyone and even thought it might only be saving people in the rich west ...

Well .. maybe it's because I lost people close to me, to some of those diseases. Helping them will be to late, but maybe my sons generation will benefit from it.

Quote - This was first done by SETI with SETI@Home to search radio signals from space for ET's. It was a fine idea till someone mucked it up and decided to make a profit off of it. Why help drug companies make more money off of us for less work? Now if they were going to pay me for my CPU time, I wouldn't mind sharing with a for profit business. You can say it's done for pure intentions by a EDU all you like. I know how many EDU sites are Pharmalogically funded and backed for reasearch purposes.