The meat of this post:
1. Since these series of postings are considered, for some reason
incomprehensible to me, "trolling" I'll simply stop posting. Good luck to
y'all.
2. The core point which still hasn't gone to a single 9fans' head is that
you either comply with public demand or stop asking for public recognition.
And the public is not "a bunch of idiots." This thread's original post
asked why Plan 9 isn't recommended on Slashdot even for tasks it seems to
be good at. I responded with my opinion: Plan 9 in its current form is and
will always remain a "niche" OS, with a rather tight niche.
3. More than a few 9fans tried to ridicule me. Such attitude won't get them
very far I assure them, even if they have a valid message to convey. I hope
they've at least had a good laugh--that makes me feel the whole affair
wasn't a waste of time.
4. The apple with καλλιστι on it is totally Russ', for he posted
the most sensible response. Thank you Russ.
5. Oh, and that thing on (4) is the Discordian transliteration of whatever
was written on the apple. Greek text input to a mail client on Windows.
Check if you can read it on the "mother of UTF-8." If you do you're
"almost" there, if you don't...
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--On Tuesday, July 01, 2008 9:41 AM +0000 "Federico G. Benavento"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
eris,
stop trolling and sending apples to the parties you're not invited.
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Federico G. Benavento
(sent with opera 9.5 via linuxemu+equis)
Challenging is not trolling, but I'll keep quiet if it suits you better.
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--On Tuesday, July 01, 2008 1:19 PM +0200 hiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Haha, sarcasm at it's finest.
Eris, you are my hero.
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hiro
Is "that" sarcastic, too? I hope not, for that'd break my heart.
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--On Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:06 AM -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
lowlifes like me will use your system if it
can Get Their Job Done (tm) or they'll migrate to another system that
can. They won't bother coding.
then migrate, already ...
john
I did. So did many others. Plan 9's loss, though I don't expect "you" to
admit it.
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--On Tuesday, July 01, 2008 5:36 PM -0300 Iruata Souza
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 5:25 AM, Eris Discordia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
All these could "theoretically" become "supported" (that's different from
being "included") in an OS if it manages to gather enough public
momentum. Without that you can do only your "serious" stuff which
excludes quite some of the "good" stuff. Public momentum comes from
providing "the public" with enough incentive so that a small portion of
that public actually writes what the rest will need.
like you do with your system, right?
I don't. I've got no "system." Others do and others did, and they succeeded
and they have larger happier user bases. That, of course, was never
"intended" for Plan 9 you seem to imply.
Incidentally, I find it a bit hypocritical to do "research" (read: find
out how a system can Get New Jobs Done (tm)) on a system but turn to
another whenever one actually needs to Get Something Done (tm).
sorry if I can't write a flash player in two minutes. it won't happen
again.
Last chance for you! Seriously though, you had over two decades to first
catch "down" and then catch "up" and you didn't. It wasn't your intention
they say.
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