From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5d375e920905221415u2fab4bfchc5ec2ca90da3c12b@mail.gmail.com> References: <13426df10905220951l6ecd3e31t9996dbdb6e7eb3fe@mail.gmail.com> <1B68BBC3-3369-4DE3-B3D8-E32FE7303026@mac.com> <5d375e920905221415u2fab4bfchc5ec2ca90da3c12b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 00:13:32 +0200 Message-ID: <56a297000905221513v4f51fc95qa532eccfd9468d11@mail.gmail.com> From: Noah Evans To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] sources down? Topicbox-Message-UUID: fcd532a0-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Uriel here's an honest question, would you stop complaining if you had your own account on the murray hill version of plan9 will full access to the venti? You'd also have the freedom to do whatever you want with it. Yes or no. On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Uriel wrote: > Something that is totally unreliable, no matter how cool, is not very use= ful. > > And I think anyone that has limited time, and who wants to get > something done, will pick "very reliable but totally shit" over "very > unreliable but very cool" every single time. > > Also there is little reason for Plan 9 servers to be unreliable, > others with very little resources have managed to run public Plan 9 > servers in their spare time that have proved to be much more reliable > than sources. > > Peace > > uriel > > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:52 PM, =A0 wrote: >>> You may think it's a question of money (you mentioned it is for free). >>> It's not. There are many projects out, totally for free, but reliable. >>> When I do something it must be reliable, or it's worth criticizing. >> >> Firstly if sources goes down, no-one dies so it's not a big deal. >> >> Secondly, given the choice between "a bit unreliable but very cool" >> and "very reliable but totally shit", I know which I will take. >> >> D > >