Re: [9fans] Plan 9 rejected from GSoC 2012

[Jacob Todd <jaketodd422@gmail.com>]

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Mark V. Shaney, is that you?
On Mar 19, 2012 3:54 PM, "Christoph Paschke" <c.paschke@me.com> wrote:

> >> and last i checked government or meta-government support
> Ok, I do another example and maybe I'm a stupid German and I have lost the
> "just for fun" idea.
>
> I see that more and more people get already VERY (and announcement is on
> VERY!) angry about all this chaos around.
> I give you an example that can understand. If the electric socket would be
> invented today, what you believe how much of this electric plug typs would
> exist. I compare it with CARD-Readers. 100:1 ??? Yes sure, we would have
> 100:1 electric plugs today if they would have been invented today.
>
> You not understand that people get
>
> ANGRY ABOUT THAT MEGA-SHIT????
>
> This is only one example. There are still more like electric loading of
> mobile phones and inkjet cartridges in 1000 variants. Do you really think
> people here in Europe find such things FUNNY? THEY HATE ALREADY WITHOUT
> END. They not want this 1000 + 1 shit anymore.
>
> What is Mini-X? It's already like: I LIKE THE MINIMUM TO WORK, JUST TO
> WORK AND NOTHING ELSE.
>
> Here some company chiefs already saying: We get back to engrave our
> e-Mails in stone if this goes forward such way.
>
> This is for you not understandable that people already get crazy at this
> endless chaos???
>
> So, Prof. Tanenbaum is going to win here in Europe because this global
> chaos becoming endless, unbelievable, intolerable.
>
> So, is such a demand for a more unique system in Europe idiotic?
>
> HOW ELECTRIC SOCKETS where made, from chaos brothers where each one only
> think of their own interests and ways of earning money? I not know, but
> maybe in NOT EU countries they like this chaos. Here, already people tired
> from that chaos and therefore Minix have a very good chance together with
> governmental support.
>
> I not against Plan 9, I only want to explain here why a German as an EU
> member not so far from sympathize with the Netherland concept of Prof.
> Tanenbaum. And this is what he already says since years: This modern
> systems are not to get handled anymore: to complex, cannot be overseen
> anymore. As I remember he already gave a price in former time for somebody
> who can explain him the Windows XP-system.Nobody tried it, because CAN NOT!
> At the current state his statement seams to be true, that NOBODY AT THE
> WHOLE WORLD IS ABLE to explain the XP-system at whole. So, if someone here
> think he can explain him, do so. It's not difficult to come in contact with
> him at minix3.org. I think he is until today waiting for somebody who can
> tell him.
>
> So, you understand what might be the background for the interest in MINI-X
> here in Europe?
>
> And at the moment, I would say, the chances are high, that this will work.
> The companies have all the same problem: Unbelievable chaos in IT
> everywhere that they already get crazy on. It is not only lobbyism that
> stands behind Mini-X, it's some more interests in stability,
> understandability etc. that got lost in the other operating systems in the
> last decade.
>
> Am 19. März 2012 um 17:30 schrieb erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>:
>
> > If your choice on Minix is because it is backed by E.U., you should
> > question how long E.U. will last...
>
> silly me, i choose operating systems based on technical merit.
> and last i checked government or meta-government support
> is not an indicator of technical merit in solving my problems.
>
> - erik
>
>

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