From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrey A Mirtchovski To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Rant (was Re: Plan9 and Ada95?) In-Reply-To: <20011108073022.H28798@cackle.proxima.alt.za> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 23:59:43 -0600 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 18d8fd2a-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Lucio De Re wrote: > So, to re-iterate my point, Plan 9 is the better platform, but should > not present itself from a position of arrogance, but rather endeavour > to provide a better platform for development (which is easy) with a > more familiar environment. > I have a different opinion, much based on what I see on this list and what I hear from prople with attitudes similar to this: Plan 9 developers are not arrogant, rather, they are trying to defend themselves and their ideas from the random bunch of people who come here and lend their advise and thoughts without being asked for, or without really being aware of the system they discuss (it's really mostly a "you're out of your element.." issue, to continue throwing quotes from favourite movie :)... I do believe that Plan 9 is _the_ OS with the clearest philosophy behind it -- one that has the system build around it and one that can be continuously defended without running into infinite loops (examples of the opposite would be -- Simple OS (Linux) and Optimized for i386 (FreeBSD))... Should we break this just to lure more people in, without making sure they appreciate P9 at a level different than just very neatly written code? Well, come to think of it, after a few glasses of wine, P9 might as well be called 'the dude'... Then everyone else starts to sound like they ask 'vere is ze money libouski' :) This not a flame, simply musings I've wanted to share but haven't had the guts to up until now...