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Subject: Re: [9fans] insularity
From: <vdharani@infernopark.com>
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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 13:56:58 -0500
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rog,

i fully agree with you.

david, please dont feel bad. just ignore any negative comments and procee=
d
with what you are doing. we need more people into plan 9. i know how
difficult it is to bring people in. i know how easy it is to chase people
out. i wouldnt want a nice OS to disappear and show it to my grandchildre=
n
in museum.

regards
dharani

>> So I'm now deleting your messages on contact.
>
> oh for f***'s sake!
>
> ok, so david tolpin has been a bit verbose, (and we're naturally
> suspicious that his deep involvement with XML implies a fundamental
> lack of taste) but when it comes down to it, he's has actually dived in
> there and done stuff.
>
> most newcomers to plan 9 don't get further than booting the damn
> thing.
>
> i think people that have been involved in this stuff for a long time
> forget the distance between plan 9 and other systems.  yes, most stuff
> is documented (often by implication), but having someone to talk to
> that knows about the system makes all the difference.  i think all
> david's questions have been perfectly acceptable, and i wouldn't have
> thought twice about answering them had they been asked by someone
> across the room.
>
> this system *needs* people with some energy to spare, otherwise it'll
> continue to decline the way it has been since the great scattering from
> bell labs.  if this is the way we treat someone who appears to have
> some energy and inclination, then i've no hope at all.  i'm ashamed to
> be part of this group.
>
>> If you can't get over this initial conceptual hump,
>> then fuck off back to CrapOS and leave us alone.
>
> *cringe*