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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: corey@bitworthy.net, 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] [PlanX] Re:  Mars Needs Women
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:06:11 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d699fbfd904e009c724a6012d3131233@kw.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201004251904.20025.corey@bitworthy.net>

> I'd prefer not to narrowly frame things in terms of my own personal needs.

that kind of thinking made linux what it is today.

if you build something you need, then at least one person
will use it.  if you build something you think people need,
there's no such guarentee.

since we're not selling a product, the best and most direct
"customer feedback," is one's own use of the software.

> Despite my best efforts, I'm still seeing folks inferring or projecting the
> following fallacies:
>
> * I'm being a troll who's objective is to embroil people in arguments
> * I'm being a motormouth who wants nothing more than to gab on and on
> * I'm trying/hoping to change 9fans culture in my own image
> * I'm trying/hoping to change Plan 9 'proper' according to my own notions
> * I'm trying/hoping to convince other people to do work on my behalf

i believe in duck typing.

- erik



  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-04-26 13:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 105+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-04-16 11:57 [9fans] TeX: hurrah! tlaronde
2010-04-16 12:43 ` Jacob Todd
2010-04-16 13:20 ` David Leimbach
2010-04-16 13:32 ` Alexander Sychev
2010-04-16 13:47   ` tlaronde
2010-04-16 14:07   ` Karljurgen Feuerherm
2010-04-16 14:12     ` James Chapman
2010-04-16 14:27     ` Alexander Sychev
2010-04-16 16:19       ` Karljurgen Feuerherm
2010-04-16 16:23         ` erik quanstrom
2010-04-16 16:47         ` Patrick Kelly
2010-04-16 17:05           ` Jack Johnson
2010-04-16 17:55             ` Patrick Kelly
2010-04-16 18:14               ` Karljurgen Feuerherm
2010-04-16 18:22                 ` Joseph Stewart
2010-04-16 18:37                   ` James Chapman
2010-04-16 18:55                     ` Karljurgen Feuerherm
2010-04-16 22:10                       ` Karljurgen Feuerherm
2010-04-16 23:00                         ` Jorden M
2010-04-18  4:24                         ` Joel C. Salomon
2010-04-18  7:22                           ` [9fans] C++ support [was: TeX: hurrah!] EBo
2010-04-18  8:52                             ` lucio
2010-04-18 14:30                               ` Jorden M
2010-04-18 12:45                           ` [9fans] TeX: hurrah! Karljurgen Feuerherm
2010-04-19 12:31                             ` James Chapman
2010-04-19  8:34                           ` [9fans] C++ support [was: TeX: hurrah!] staalmannen
2010-04-16 18:27                 ` [9fans] TeX: hurrah! Patrick Kelly
2010-04-16 17:11           ` Karljurgen Feuerherm
2010-04-16 17:17             ` erik quanstrom
2010-04-16 17:46               ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2010-04-16 18:10                 ` tlaronde
2010-04-16 18:10             ` Patrick Kelly
2010-04-16 23:58               ` [9fans] Mars Needs Women (was Re: TeX: hurrah!) Corey
2010-04-16 23:58                 ` andrey mirtchovski
2010-04-17  4:20                 ` Federico G. Benavento
2010-04-17  4:29                 ` lucio
2010-04-17  6:49                   ` Corey
2010-04-17  7:41                     ` lucio
2010-04-17  9:39                       ` Corey
2010-04-17 12:20                         ` lucio
2010-04-17 13:46                           ` Karljurgen Feuerherm
2010-04-17 14:02                             ` lucio
2010-04-17 14:19                             ` Patrick Kelly
2010-04-17 14:25                               ` lucio
2010-04-17 14:54                                 ` Patrick Kelly
2010-04-17 16:09                                   ` lucio
2010-04-17 16:26                                     ` Patrick Kelly
2010-04-17 18:01                                       ` lucio
2010-04-17 18:26                                         ` Patrick Kelly
2010-04-19  7:15                                       ` Tim Newsham
2010-04-17 16:30                                 ` Patrick Kelly
2010-04-17 17:01                               ` Karljurgen Feuerherm
2010-04-17 17:46                                 ` lucio
2010-04-17 17:58                                   ` lucio
2010-04-17 18:33                                   ` Karljurgen Feuerherm
2010-04-17 17:29                               ` Albert Skye
2010-04-17 13:39                         ` Patrick Kelly
2010-04-17 17:45                         ` Albert Skye
2010-04-17 16:30                       ` Jack Johnson
2010-04-17 17:41                         ` lucio
2010-04-17 12:06                     ` Nick Frolov
2010-04-17 17:06                     ` Iruata Souza
2010-04-18 19:45                       ` Corey
2010-04-17 18:55                     ` Richard Miller
2010-04-18 16:48                       ` Federico G. Benavento
2010-04-19  2:10                         ` Jack Johnson
2010-04-19  3:21                           ` erik quanstrom
2010-04-17 17:09                   ` Jack Johnson
2010-04-17  7:28                 ` SHRIZZA
2010-04-17 10:21                   ` Corey
2010-04-17 14:00                     ` erik quanstrom
2010-04-18 19:26                       ` [9fans] Mars Needs Women Corey
2010-04-18 20:58                         ` erik quanstrom
2010-04-19  0:51                           ` Corey
2010-04-19  1:20                             ` Patrick Kelly
2010-04-19  3:33                             ` John Floren
2010-04-19  4:46                               ` lucio
2010-04-19  0:10                         ` Karljurgen Feuerherm
2010-04-19  3:18                           ` erik quanstrom
2010-04-19 12:14                             ` Karljurgen Feuerherm
2010-04-25  4:20                               ` Rahul Murmuria
2010-04-25  6:14                                 ` Corey
2010-04-25 15:22                                   ` Patrick Kelly
2010-04-25 22:33                                     ` Karljurgen Feuerherm
2010-04-25 23:07                                       ` Patrick Kelly
2010-04-25 23:35                                         ` Alex Lee
2010-04-26  2:04                                     ` [9fans] [PlanX] " Corey
2010-04-26  4:06                                       ` Patrick Kelly
2010-04-26  5:24                                         ` Corey
2010-04-26  8:08                                           ` hiro
2010-04-26 13:06                                       ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2010-04-26 18:42                                         ` Corey
2010-04-26 19:24                                           ` erik quanstrom
2010-04-26 19:55                                             ` Corey
2010-04-27  9:25                                           ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2010-04-25 18:55                                   ` [9fans] " blstuart
2010-04-26  1:01                                     ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2010-04-19  8:45                           ` [9fans] C, APE, Posix C H Forsyth
2010-04-17 19:27                 ` [9fans] Mars Needs Women (was Re: TeX: hurrah!) Bakul Shah
2010-04-17 21:35                   ` C H Forsyth
2010-04-18 15:52                     ` Scott Sullivan
2010-04-18 20:58                       ` C H Forsyth
2010-04-19  1:43                         ` Jeff Sickel
2010-04-18 18:24                     ` Bakul Shah
2010-04-16 18:03       ` [9fans] TeX: hurrah! Joel C. Salomon

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