* Anant Narayanan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >The fact that the late-adopters, myself included, have had previous
> >development and/or everyday use experiences with GNU stuff and that
> >they ask of similarities and differences, unawares of whatever
> >animosity towards the GNU thing has been brewing in your mind
> >through the years, should not have anything to do with their need/
> >want to learn about Plan 9. They do "not" need your smart-alecky
> >quoting of Rob Pike. What they need is some guidance in their
> >transition, regardless of their purpose or previous experiences. If
> >you are not kind enough to help, you can at least stand by while
> >others do that.
>
> It helps to search the archives before posting. The issues concerning
> GNU or C++ have already been discussed several times before -
> rekindling the flames can only bring the old-timers to respond as they
> have.
>
> Cheers,
> Anant
Another issue is the implicit assumption that a new environment which
doesn't provide all the familiar things one is grown accustomed to is
automatically defective. It's actually not that hard to just get to know
things for a few weeks (Plan 9 really is pretty accessible) and then attempt
to tackle usability issues that have arisen rather than trying to recreate a
linux environment (particularly as there already is a perfectly adequate
linux environment out there - it's called linux.) Perhaps Andrzej
Rosłanowski put it best (speaking about set theory, though): ``If you want
to read mathematics, first learn its language, get educated, don't complain
about your willies.''
Martin
