From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <94ec8f1b2bfd9f2231d2cdbd6955f6b2@9netics.com> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: Re: [9fans] A newbie question... Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 14:22:18 -0500 From: Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 44ed4bce-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 checking the 9fans archives is a good place to start. many topics have already been discussed in great detail. it also gives new 9fans an idea of who to pay attention to and who to ignore. > On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:01:49 -0000, Uriel wrote: > >> If you want roman numerals, you know where to find them... >> >> Inferno... and I hope the shock will send you all the way to the 9fans >> archives rather than repeating the same path that has been trodden a >> billion times before. >> >> Some 20 years 'suddenly'... >> >> uriel > > I wonder if you are bitter or something about Plan 9, or the people who > are trying to learn about it. Because you seem to be trying your best to > deter them. What is an "old path" to you, is "the new way" to us, the > hobbyists among us particularly, and we need some incentive, some > supportive character perhaps, to encourage us along the way. > > The fact that the late-adopters, myself included, have had previous > development and/or everyday use experiences with GNU stuff and that they > ask of similarities and differences, unawares of whatever animosity > towards the GNU thing has been brewing in your mind through the years, > should not have anything to do with their need/want to learn about Plan 9. > They do "not" need your smart-alecky quoting of Rob Pike. What they need > is some guidance in their transition, regardless of their purpose or > previous experiences. If you are not kind enough to help, you can at least > stand by while others do that. > > The above is not "ad hominem," by the way. I do not mean it to be so, in > the least. I am only trying to point out my not-so-positive impression of > your post. > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/