From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <0519c72a9f08b96c2bdf2f5625887450@coraid.com> From: erik quanstrom Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:11:52 -0500 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: Building GCC In-Reply-To: <7d3530220801251908i300b03e9x51ab17d261870d36@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 3b1ca162-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > I'm currently employed to work on Plan 9 on supercomputers and other > things. When I say some people aren't doing a damn thing, I'm not > referring to everyone. There are some really cool things being done > with Plan 9, but there's also the weekly "Here's an idea for a new > filesystem/program what do you think" that never results in any code. > I'm just saying that there seem to be more than a few 9fans who love > to post and talk on IRC about how great it is, but have yet to do much > more than get a tip9ug account and log in a few times. i don't think mentioning an idea on 9fans is a commitment in blood to finish the project. not everyone can count a plan 9 day job among their blessings. - erik