From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 17:07:29 -0500 From: sl@9front.org To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <214e5e9f99e73a1094433938b5e1dc0c@pi.att> In-Reply-To: References: <20131223182840.Horde.HuKfFKF2fZoroKVTFstUiw4@ssl.eumx.net> <20131223205159.Horde.iY9hvHuKffSBozksmDay4A5@ssl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Adding a new user on 9-Front Topicbox-Message-UUID: a72e448c-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > There is value in a community. What remains of Plan 9 might be a better example of failing to seek out community in order to preserve the value, which is sometimes not clearly perceived by the interested few who show up at the party. Conversely, UNIX diverged from its original design philosophy and was adopted by progressively larger communities, finally becoming something of a global standard, where it still enjoys great popularity. What remains of UNIX is sometimes difficult to recognize. http://harmful.cat-v.org/cat-v sl