From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 13:41:17 +0000 To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: Re: [9fans] A newbie question... From: "Eris Discordia" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-15 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1524b09a1c4f22ed2b2b7541c29a0463@9grid.es> <5d375e920802040501s7d20988j7f2c21ed5ca1b7a8@mail.gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <5d375e920802040501s7d20988j7f2c21ed5ca1b7a8@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.23 (Win32) Topicbox-Message-UUID: 4414928e-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:01:49 -0000, Uriel wrote: > If you want roman numerals, you know where to find them... > > Inferno... and I hope the shock will send you all the way to the 9fans > archives rather than repeating the same path that has been trodden a > billion times before. > > Some 20 years 'suddenly'... > > uriel I wonder if you are bitter or something about Plan 9, or the people who are trying to learn about it. Because you seem to be trying your best to deter them. What is an "old path" to you, is "the new way" to us, the hobbyists among us particularly, and we need some incentive, some supportive character perhaps, to encourage us along the way. The fact that the late-adopters, myself included, have had previous development and/or everyday use experiences with GNU stuff and that they ask of similarities and differences, unawares of whatever animosity towards the GNU thing has been brewing in your mind through the years, should not have anything to do with their need/want to learn about Plan 9. They do "not" need your smart-alecky quoting of Rob Pike. What they need is some guidance in their transition, regardless of their purpose or previous experiences. If you are not kind enough to help, you can at least stand by while others do that. The above is not "ad hominem," by the way. I do not mean it to be so, in the least. I am only trying to point out my not-so-positive impression of your post. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/