2013/3/16 John Stalker <stal...@maths.tcd.ie>: > I'm not going to comment on most of this, but I will say something > about this bit: > >> So I try to release ANTS to the Plan 9 community, and I just can't >> tell what anyone thinks. Some people say it seems cool, but even >> though I made all this documentation and ready to use virtual >> machines, it doesn't seem like anyone is really exploring the thing >> that I invested all my heart and soul and best efforts in creating. I >> thought people would be interested and excited by what I was trying to >> do, even if my implementation was amateurish. > > This is something you will have to get used to. Ideas, whether > good or bad, usually take a very long time to attract much attention. > Other people have their own preoccupations and will not normally > pay much attention to anything you do. If you're looking for > external validation then you will need a lot of patience. For > better or worse, that's the way the world works.
It's also a very small, factional community. Perhaps you would consider giving a demo / presentation of ANTS at IWP9 (http://iwp9.org) this year. I suspect people aren't going to go out of their way to find practical, personal uses. And I'd also guess that for many on this list, Plan 9 is more of a hobby than a focus. --dho
