That basically encompasses what I meant by "punkrock" :-). On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 3:31 PM, wrote: > I would suggest that we're the most eclectic. > > Try having a conversation with a bunch of 9fans that doesn't encompass > several millennia of culture, technology etc. > > Also I'm fairly certain that a disproportionately large number of 9fans > aren't CS grads. > As with Un*x, it's the people who recognise the power and simplicity who > are the fans, > not the academic dogmatists and fashionistas. > > D > > > On 23 Oct 2009, at 15:06, David Leimbach wrote: > > on the contrary... I have always equated the plan 9 crowd as the >> "most punkrock" of the alternative OS crowd. >> >> >> On 10/23/09, W B Hacker wrote: >> >>> erik quanstrom wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu Oct 22 22:54:41 EDT 2009, ericvh@gmail.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> Everyone is busy drinking and debating protocol semantics. I think >>>>> we've managed to empty the coraid fridge of beer. >>>>> >>>> >>>> skip, sorry about that. we drank all your beer. >>>> >>>> - erik >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Tsk, Tsk, >>> >>> ..and here some of us thought that Plan9 team were all pointy-haired >>> ivory-tower >>> types who drank only white wine... >>> >>> ;-) >>> >>> ..ducks and waddles offstage... >>> >>> >>> Bill >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > >