Eris, did you just post the following to slashdot? s/OpenBSD/Plan 9/;s/Theo/9whacko/ and we've got your entire posting history on this mailing list. the similarity is uncanny.
I don't think the question is serious but I'm very bad at detecting sarcasm--too many false positives. So I'll provide an answer: no.
By the way, comparing Theo de Raadt to 9people is really mean... towards the 9people. He _is_ a tyrant, even though absolutely apt. The 9people are far more tolerant and well-behaved. Comparing OpenBSD to Plan 9 is also really mean... towards OpenBSD.
--On Wednesday, November 05, 2008 2:09 PM -0700 andrey mirtchovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Eris, did you just post the following to slashdot? s/OpenBSD/Plan 9/;s/Theo/9whacko/ and we've got your entire posting history on this mailing list. the similarity is uncanny. "Yeah. I'd really like to like OpenBSD. Technically, it's superb. It's smooth, polished, well documented --- it's got a level of consistency that most Linux distros can only hope to dream of. The kernel is well designed and fast, with excellent hardware support. System setup is consistent and well-thought out. Above all, it doesn't confuse easy-to-use with easy-to-learn --- everything is as simple as possible without oversimplifying, which makes it a joy to admin. But then, every time I try to use it, I run up against the OpenBSD developers, who are an arrogant bunch of elitist assholes. In a couple of years, on and off, I think I've seen Theo make a civil reply to someone *once*. Maybe twice. No, I'm not kidding. When you see someone ask what looks to my untutored eye a reasonable question about VMs, and the head developer replies publicly with the words 'You are full of shit' and nothing else (apart from a complete copy of the original message, no snipping), there is something very wrong. Most of the other devs are nearly as bad, and of course there are hordes of groupies who assume that if the people in charge are okay with personal abuse, then it's alright for them, too. Despite this, the actual operating system is definitely worth checking out if you're interested in what a well-designed Unix actually looks like. Linux can learn a lot from it."
