From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:52:11 +0100 From: tlaronde@polynum.com To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20120319165211.GA1102@polynum.com> References: <20120319121055.GA3610@polynum.com> <35d49736-f6d5-48fc-b767-969185bda226@me.com> <20120319162642.GA552@polynum.com> <0c0703721c476ad3658d0bfbd6f7c5b4@ladd.quanstro.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0c0703721c476ad3658d0bfbd6f7c5b4@ladd.quanstro.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 rejected from GSoC 2012 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6b8d61de-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:30:24PM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote: > > If your choice on Minix is because it is backed by E.U., you should > > question how long E.U. will last... > > silly me, i choose operating systems based on technical merit. > and last i checked government or meta-government support > is not an indicator of technical merit in solving my problems. This is because you are not a patented european(TM). Because, if E.U. had been based on "technical merits", it would have never existed to start with... E.U. as an OS is the example of the "thrashing" system: once you have mastered last year legislation, you can not start working, because it is obsolete and you have to load the "new(TM)", "improved(TM)" context... -- Thierry Laronde http://www.kergis.com/ Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C