Re: [9fans] mmap and shared libraries

[Eris Discordia <eris.discordia@gmail.com>]

> Eris, did you just post the following to slashdot? s/OpenBSD/Plan
> 9/;s/Theo/9whacko/ and we've got your entire posting history on this
> mailing list. the similarity is uncanny.

I don't think the question is serious but I'm very bad at detecting
sarcasm--too many false positives. So I'll provide an answer: no.

By the way, comparing Theo de Raadt to 9people is really mean... towards
the 9people. He _is_ a tyrant, even though absolutely apt. The 9people are
far more tolerant and well-behaved. Comparing OpenBSD to Plan 9 is also
really mean... towards OpenBSD.

--On Wednesday, November 05, 2008 2:09 PM -0700 andrey mirtchovski
<mirtchovski@gmail.com> wrote:

> Eris, did you just post the following to slashdot? s/OpenBSD/Plan
> 9/;s/Theo/9whacko/ and we've got your entire posting history on this
> mailing list. the similarity is uncanny.
>
> "Yeah. I'd really like to like OpenBSD. Technically, it's superb. It's
> smooth, polished, well documented --- it's got a level of consistency
> that most Linux distros can only hope to dream of. The kernel is well
> designed and fast, with excellent hardware support. System setup is
> consistent and well-thought out. Above all, it doesn't confuse
> easy-to-use with easy-to-learn --- everything is as simple as possible
> without oversimplifying, which makes it a joy to admin.
>
> But then, every time I try to use it, I run up against the OpenBSD
> developers, who are an arrogant bunch of elitist assholes. In a couple
> of years, on and off, I think I've seen Theo make a civil reply to
> someone *once*. Maybe twice. No, I'm not kidding. When you see someone
> ask what looks to my untutored eye a reasonable question about VMs,
> and the head developer replies publicly with the words 'You are full
> of shit' and nothing else (apart from a complete copy of the original
> message, no snipping), there is something very wrong. Most of the
> other devs are nearly as bad, and of course there are hordes of
> groupies who assume that if the people in charge are okay with
> personal abuse, then it's alright for them, too.
>
> Despite this, the actual operating system is definitely worth checking
> out if you're interested in what a well-designed Unix actually looks
> like. Linux can learn a lot from it."
>