The constitution and the gettysburg address are in there, too. On Nov 26, 2011 6:51 PM, "erik quanstrom" <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote:
> > 9front seems to me to define itself as: having fun while getting > > useful stuff done. With an emphasis in *fun* and in not taking > > anything too seriously, while one the technical side favoring > > simplicity and things that work. > > > > This might not be exactly the same original Plan 9 values, but seems > > close enough. Of course in 9front there is also an element of trolling > > and poking fun at itself and anything else, and I will be happy if > > cat-v.org takes the blame for that. > > > > > to be honest, it's one of the reasons i've stopped following 9front. > > > > > > to paraphrase a saying in mathematics, it's not enough to be good > > > you must also be humble. why do you think dennis' ideas took > > > over? > > > > I think an important form of humility is not taking yourself too > > seriously. For an example of this see Dennis' Anti-Foreword to The > > UNIX-HATERS Handbook: http://simson.net/ref/ugh.pdf > > > > 9front can't claim to reach such exquisite levels of "seriousness", > > but it tries. > > > > I suspect one of the reasons why 9front exists is because some people > > in the Plan 9 community this days seem to take themselves and the > > whole project a bit too seriously. > > > > Which is kind of weird for a project called after an Ed Wood film. > > uriel, what you say would make sense if the "jokes" didn't include putting > mein kampf in /lib. > > - erik > >
