On Saturday 18 July 2009 10:59:20 ron minnich wrote: > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Uriel<urie...@gmail.com> wrote: <snip> > > So you are on your own, you can take the code (while the site happens > > to be up, or from a mirror), do whatever you like with it, but that is > > all there is and all anyone can count on. > > So, let's revise this one too.. > > "I, Uriel, taking up Noah Evans offer, will be forking the code base > and releasing an OS called Plan-U. I will provide servers that resolve > all the problems seen with the bell labs server, and I will take on > the task, with my friends, of providing all the things I see lacking > in the current setup." >
I sent Uriel a message off-list asking him about this, and he preferred to answer them in public. I basically volunteered to help him out, were he to embark on the effort, because I am also interested in seeing a version of Plan 9 with a less... sterile, clean-room environment; and into an environment that's a little more open to experimental change which may fall outside the current sensibilities and needs of the prevailing primary movers and shakers of the currently existing Plan 9 community; and something perhaps a bit more closer to a more open and accessible, community driven development model. This is not to fault Plan 9 as it exists now, but simply to scratch a different itch than what appears to be in the fore-front of the current 'official' Plan 9 distribution. Seems like it's something that's been needed for awhile in order to help prevent "ideological" schisms; but apparently no one's tried it yet? I'm much too new here to have any desire whatsoever to contribute to noise or flames, I respect everyone's positions and opinions equally even where they differ from my own. Not too mention I'm very new to Plan 9, so I lack experience. Cheers
