From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, HTML_FONT_LOW_CONTRAST,HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_32,HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id cb8a9292 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2018 15:48:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 7006D9E75E; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 01:48:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 050989E6FE; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 01:48:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B1E899E6FE; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 01:48:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pl1-f178.google.com (mail-pl1-f178.google.com [209.85.214.178]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 593F893D07 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 01:48:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pl1-f178.google.com with SMTP id v5-v6so2718302plz.13 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:48:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:mime-version:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :reply-to:message-id:references:to; bh=6t2LtvUdEncdww3NxxgDmjxwK7dhUUEvJrSBM7fZojg=; b=LlKpTYbyaDuIWJRUhMk2EYGmHWml/6lEILMxR5HJjA7ZRLtjqKgimCtCgLlnWCk9dW HrFFwzUESNfVQm/uKDMtd13n/ljaFHWcr+L7gv+MDrwP/cu8LD5sT3BWUHjY7BHoGGte 40DYT24iD5UakUGWERreIcXEhy1DCibfBgx31WnZsfWAN//hNEerwR0mUHIlRtu3bAn5 uTz17FMlABkOaLh9HxcIe+Fct+ase6g1AntwtwtPBo8TPJ+2prBsIm6mtClqoaD+0tIm rd50YOAjWGUVodMBlPPpqzAXNsduVmfPAA+X/kL83epGSpL1jFmfwj1HK+g938CLlNYU RdsQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ABuFfoj8hNgNdo8i4nv9xV1YUzLrwdcaA4+iDEnHXboouTHRfO8lk3za LxksLiqFfsCW+LgPSQd2Kto= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACcGV61aodpa+5kzB4ReKkn5N1AjOuIj1IQEsspURSPZLBMMDdPClU61D/XivyyxC57QWHw2E+VvmA== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:710e:: with SMTP id a14-v6mr34300644pll.179.1539186503595; Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:48:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.10] (107-193-50-41.lightspeed.sndgca.sbcglobal.net. [107.193.50.41]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r23-v6sm29114470pfh.79.2018.10.10.08.48.22 (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:48:22 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_72FA1E31-9BBB-4402-BDD3-D6454DC067ED" From: David In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:48:20 -0700 Message-Id: <358EC61B-9C6B-4238-9DC6-DE7C9049F4B3@kdbarto.org> References: <20181010152649.73DEF18C08E@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> To: Clem Cole X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) Subject: Re: [TUHS] The origin of /home X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: david@kdbarto.org Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society , Noel Chiappa Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --Apple-Mail=_72FA1E31-9BBB-4402-BDD3-D6454DC067ED Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On Oct 10, 2018, at 8:45 AM, Clem Cole wrote: >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 11:27 AM Noel Chiappa > wrote: > There seem to be two kind of people in the world; i) those who cannot = bring > themselves to change anything, and ii) those who change all sort of = things, > usually with no good reason (perhaps just to be different). >=20 > The world of Unix seems to be thickly stocked with both. > Demonstrating that we are, after all, human. ;-)=20 >=20 > Although I suggest that there miight be a third kind, which I think = might be defined as usually those that have had some experience: "iii) = Those that have learned when its now wise to break from the past, but = have learned enough from it to change just the amount that needs to be = changed and no more." >=20 > Clem >=20 > =E1=90=A7 That third kind is so rare as to be unheard-of in common software = circles. David --Apple-Mail=_72FA1E31-9BBB-4402-BDD3-D6454DC067ED Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
On Oct 10, 2018, at 8:45 AM, Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com> = wrote:



On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 11:27 AM Noel = Chiappa <jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
There seem to = be two kind of people in the world; i) those who cannot bring
themselves to change anything, and ii) those who change all sort of = things,
usually with no good reason (perhaps just to be different).
=
The world of Unix seems to be thickly stocked with both.
Demonstrating that we are, after all, human. = ;-) 

Although I suggest that there miight be a third kind, which I = think might be defined as usually those that have had some = experience:  "iii) Those that have learned when its now wise to break from = the past, but have learned enough from it to change just the amount that = needs to be changed and no more."

Clem

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That third kind = is so rare as to be unheard-of in common software circles.

= David

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