From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Choate To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] silly slider tool for rio In-Reply-To: <20010307181751.L17986@cackle.proxima.alt.za> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 17:31:00 -0600 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6d1c0f68-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Wiki ____________________________________________________________________ Before a larger group can see the virtue of an idea, a smaller group must first understand it. "Stranger Suns" George Zebrowski The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- -------------------------------------------------------------------- On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Lucio De Re wrote: > On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 05:15:06PM -0500, nemo@gsyc.escet.urjc.es wrote: > > > > : Unless I'm misinterpreting the mood, I would think that Bell Labs are > > : not faithful followers of the "Cathedral and the Bazaar" religion. > > > > I just don't like bazaars, I was talking about silly tiny tools, > > nice plumber rules, etc. that cannot be considered as part of the release. > > And it was just to avoid using google to locate new tools done this month > > by 9fans... > > ...you know, mpeg3play, acd, rgb, pop3get, ext2fs, et al. > > Yes, I think the list of software, good or bad, should be easier to > find. Unfortunately, that requires dedication as well as > co-operation, something understandably missing where people have a job > to do. > > And I think that the crucial item is documentation. RSC's little > tools are wonderful, if one didn't have to look at their text to > figure out what they do (no criticism implied here either, Russ). > > A searchable web site might be a good idea, again, assuming the wiki > is not the preferable tool (I really must take a look at it). There > Vita Nuova would seem in a favourable position indeed. > > ++L > > PS: I really didn't mean to sound critical in any fashion, and I would > like to find a co-operative development for Plan 9 that did not risk > at each turn to fly in the face of the existing elegance. It is > something the Bell Labs people should spend some time formalising. >