From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: From: Anant Narayanan To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Subject: Re: [9fans] A newbie question... Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 19:29:41 +0530 References: <1524b09a1c4f22ed2b2b7541c29a0463@9grid.es> <5d375e920802040501s7d20988j7f2c21ed5ca1b7a8@mail.gmail.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 442f905c-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > 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. It helps to search the archives before posting. The issues concerning GNU or C++ have already been discussed several times before - rekindling the flames can only bring the old-timers to respond as they have. Cheers, Anant