From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1B68BBC3-3369-4DE3-B3D8-E32FE7303026@mac.com> References: <13426df10905220951l6ecd3e31t9996dbdb6e7eb3fe@mail.gmail.com> <1B68BBC3-3369-4DE3-B3D8-E32FE7303026@mac.com> Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 23:15:14 +0200 Message-ID: <5d375e920905221415u2fab4bfchc5ec2ca90da3c12b@mail.gmail.com> From: Uriel To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] sources down? Topicbox-Message-UUID: fcc8b2b4-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Something that is totally unreliable, no matter how cool, is not very useful. 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, 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