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From: steve <steve@quintile.net>
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Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:21:49 +0000
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 rejected from GSoC 2012
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I feel plan9 is the only thing worthy of me spending my time and effort on,
and i do (when i can).

-Steve


On 19 Mar 2012, at 02:16 AM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:

>> Agreed - people do tend to perform better when working on a project
>> they are really invested in.
>>=20
>> But if that was true enough, wouldn't tons of people be stepping up to
>> support plan9 development?
>>=20
>> If not, then obviously it's not worth anyone's time.
>=20
> your argument seems to me to be an all-or-nothing logical fallicy.
>=20
> i don't think the fact that the plan 9 community is small is an indication=

> that it's not worth spending time on.  if that were the case, i'd be looki=
ng
> for a new job right now.  as it is, we're hiring.
>=20
> - erik