From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 19:07:15 +0000 Message-ID: <20131219190715.Horde.XO9OJVgxxL1MHPuJzbAgHw1@ssl.eumx.net> From: Kurt H Maier To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: <3e1e9e6fbfa856a01013a2f51b8d244f@coraid.com> <34270f8ddb3fc06e71d4db496a891dd4@brasstown.quanstro.net> In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H5 (6.1.4) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed; DelSp=Yes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: [9fans] mk time-check/slice issue Topicbox-Message-UUID: a21b921a-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Quoting Blake McBride : > What I am beginning to understand from comments like this is that there is > a "club Plan-9". Everything ever done by the originators of "club Plan-9" > is correct, period. No mater what exceptions, special cases, or good new > ideas occur, they are wrong and we will find some way of rationalizing > "club Plan-9". Anyone can join "club Plan-9" if you buy into that > assumption. The main purpose of Plan-9 forks (with some exceptions) is to > port to new hardware. Messing with the premise of "club Plan-9" is > significantly frowned upon and attacked. > > Just a newbie's (with 35 years experience) perception. What I am beginning to understand from comments like this is that there is a "club entitlement." Everything ever done by the members of "club entitlement" is correct, period. No matter what preconceptions, bad habits, or horrible misfeatures exist, they are correct and we will find some way of implementing "club entitlement." Anyone can join "club entitlement" if you assume you cannot be wrong. The main purpose of operating systems (with no exceptions) is to port gnu software. Messing with the premise of "club entitlement" is significantly whined about on tumblr. Just a newbie's (with six hundred years experience) perception. khm