> There are plenty of things in Plan 9 still in need of improvement > or even rewriting. That's why it makes me sad to see our small > community being made even smaller when some of the most skilled > programmers direct their efforts into splintering off their own > little playgrounds instead of helping to make Plan 9 better for > everyone.
<musings> The key here is "some of the most skilled programmers". Let's not be too concerned with the "loss", I think it's important for experimentation to take place quite literally outside the box, the box is still there as a reference point. Thing is, in a volunteer environment, it doesn't matter what problems are outstanding, what counts is what itches are going to get scratched. I think it is inevitable that forks take place, the 9front people may one day even find themselves in your shoes (consider the Christian Reformation or the *BSDs). </musings> ++L
