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Subject: Re: [9fans] Is IBM ThinkPad R60e notebook compatible with Plan9?
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 22:05:25 +0200
From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
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> 12:05 < XXXX> I find quite frustrating to start a project that is
> already done...

Rather than pleased that something wanted is already available?
Please spare me the whinging and rather admit, both of you here, that
Plan 9 is not ripe for those who seek to stand on the shoulders of
giants, not to see further, but to be noticed from a distance.

> 12:05 < XXXX> To look for a driver that is already there...
> 12:05 < XXXX> To have an idea that someone else is doing...

Asking tends to solicit replies.  Is it our fault that we aren't
exactly interested in using IRC?

> 12:06  * XXXX grrrrsss and rants...
> 12:06 < uriel> talking about 9fans?
> 12:06 < XXXX> Of course.
> 12:11 < XXXX> [sources/contrib] is great, as long as people put their
> work there...
> 12:11 < XXXX> And an INDEX...

No one has ever stopped anyone from setting up a CVS repository or
anything else that might be more useful than sources.  But the reality
is that Uriel and colleagues are looking for a platform for fame and
fortune.  Sadly, Plan 9 is not "American Idol" and those who really do
contribute are concentrating on their tasks instead of, as Uriel would
like, on making Plan 9 leave up to popularistic expectations.

My take: "thank fuck!"

++L