From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:38:02 +0100 From: Ethan Grammatikidis To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-Id: <20090719133802.55b102fb.eekee57@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <4A62332E.7060102@tecmav.com> References: <4A61E5CE.7080809@tecmav.com> <509071940907180925n74b32681oa54f0e46e1354ac6@mail.gmail.com> <4A62332E.7060102@tecmav.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Question about Plan9 project Topicbox-Message-UUID: 27253302-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:40:14 +0200 Adriano Verardo wrote: > Unbelievable but true, a driver (or a patch to a driver or whatever > else) done by an > italian is not considered as good as the stuff from the original site. > It is a psychological problem I have often to face with. Open-source newbies often display the same problem, & not just Italians at all. ;) It's a widely-promoted attitude that stuff which does not come from The Official Source can't be right. There are some facts behind the view, but overall it's a bad leap of logic. What it is is good for established business. -- Ethan Grammatikidis Those who are slower at parsing information must necessarily be faster at problem-solving.