From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753) In-Reply-To: <90a5f1175f3b6d1b52ed32839e2f4901@quanstro.net> References: <90a5f1175f3b6d1b52ed32839e2f4901@quanstro.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Pietro Gagliardi Subject: Re: [9fans] A newbie question... Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 20:55:06 -0500 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 4166e906-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Circular cause and consequence is funny. Let me add to this list: - jpg - png - tiff - PostScript - TeX (tpic) - HTML - Mahjongg, sokoban, sudoku, tetris (games/4s) - SPARC, MIPS, x64 - MP3, PCM, OGG (PAC was made at Bell Labs) - SoundBlaster 16 Let me put it this way: GNU software is good, except for GNU development tools, which, except for the gcc program itself, are mediocre and break compatibility (try using a Bell Labs makefile with GNU make). On Feb 2, 2008, at 8:42 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: >> An alternative interpretation is that the facts are skewed by the >> Bell >> Labs reality distortion field. The syllogism goes something like >> this: >> >> All things not made at Bell Labs are bad >> GNU is not made at Bell Labs >> Therefore, GNU is bad > > if this holds, then > > plan 9 uses ip, smtp, dns, ntp, ethernet, x86, &c. > these were not invented at bell labs > thus using plan 9 is bad. > > - erik