Re: [9fans] [PlanX] Re: Mars Needs Women

[Ethan Grammatikidis <eekee57@fastmail.fm>]

On 26 Apr 2010, at 19:42, Corey wrote:

> On Monday 26 April 2010 06:06:11 erik quanstrom wrote:
>>> I'd prefer not to narrowly frame things in terms of my own personal
>>> needs.
>>
>> that kind of thinking made linux what it is today.
>>
>
> You can quit being obstinate now, the threat has been eliminated -
> sleep
> soundly, knowing that Plan 9 is once again safe... from being turned
> into...
> linux?
>
> The. mind. reels.

Your utter inability to see the problems GNU and Linux are riddled
with is one very good reason for not following your work. I looked at
the thread this morning with the idea that while I may not join in it
could be very interesting to follow further, but after this post? Ugh!
Read on.

It's precisely the kind of thinking that wants to include stuff for
other people that leads to problems. You want to be select about the
technologies you incorporate into Plan X? Well, Linus Torvalds and the
Linux kernel team are very careful about what they put into their
kernel. They are actually one of the best open-source kernel teams
around, but they have STILL ended up with a kernel that Linus Torvalds
himself admits is so bloated it will be very hard to put right.

--
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. -- Alan Perlis