From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 13:30:16 +0200 From: tlaronde@polynum.com To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20120514113016.GA2715@polynum.com> References: <3a863214-b236-4195-8eb3-acecae0380db@n5g2000pbg.googlegroups.com> 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] Governance question??? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8b37fb70-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 12:32:35PM +0200, Francisco J Ballesteros wrote: > > On May 14, 2012, at 12:14 PM, IainWS wrote: > > > Would > > I be wrong in saying there are four dictators? > > Yes, there's just good taste :) > Since the OS was designed ; is simple ; is consistant, not a lot of people can claim to "improve it" by moving commas, adding trivialities, finding in a very lengthy perimeter of an obese system an unseen detail to focuse on. A significant change would mean a significant work. And there are not a lot of people in the "open" (community) able or ready to work significantly. Hence, Plan9 is in part, by design, insulated from entropy. -- Thierry Laronde http://www.kergis.com/ Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C