From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:47:44 +0100 From: tlaronde@polynum.com To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20120319084744.GA589@polynum.com> References: <8ed57c744c8ba6e26f2b320d0dcf36dd@brasstown.quanstro.net> <3d5e8e3fd2bf66e94bcc2aef5e5c260b@brasstown.quanstro.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 rejected from GSoC 2012 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6acb65de-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 10:09:30PM -0400, Calvin Morrison wrote: > > Agreed - people do tend to perform better when working on a project > they are really invested in. > > But if that was true enough, wouldn't tons of people be stepping up to > support plan9 development? > > If not, then obviously it's not worth anyone's time. There is another parameter to take into account: real life, and day-to-day necessity. I wanted for years to redo the TeX distribution. And time has shown that I was _really_ interested in it. It was on the stack. Always on the stack. But priorities keep it not on the top of stack, that's all. The money can simply not give interest in it---if this is the case, this will be the wrong motiv---but opportunity to do it by increasing its priority on the stack. -- Thierry Laronde http://www.kergis.com/ Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C