re: obligatory leaving letter

2018-03-17 Thread leo_tck
Haai, I just read the responses of Ingo & Espie, among others. Yes, just now, in the archives, since for some mysterious reason, they weren't cc'd to me (despite that I clearly stated that I had left). Y'know, I could go on a long rant again (I'm rather prone to them, ain't I?), but I won't

what is UNIX about? (was: Re: obligatory leaving letter)

2018-03-17 Thread leo_tck
Since I don't want to be guilty of spreading unfounded information, I'll still respond, if tersely, to Rod{erick,rigo}, who doesn't appear to have cc'd me either. I'll quote [0]: > What we wanted to preserve was not just a good environment in which to > do programming, but a system around which a

Re: obligatory leaving letter

2017-12-03 Thread Robert Peichaer
Well said, Ingo -- -=[rpe]=-

Re: obligatory leaving letter

2017-11-30 Thread Charlie Eddy
Can someone advise what occurred in NetBSD re this user?

Re: obligatory leaving letter

2017-11-30 Thread Marc Espie
On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 02:26:44AM +0100, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Admittedly, if you look at the list of developers, it is impossible > to deny that OpenBSD is not the most succcessful project ever with > respect to inclusiveness. I had to do a double-take to grok that one. EDOUBLENEGATIVEABUSE

Re: obligatory leaving letter

2017-11-30 Thread Marc Espie
On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 05:17:05PM -0600, Jay Williams wrote: > As a new user to OpenBSD, who is trying to learn as much as I can, seeing a > message like this is very disheartening. OpenBSD's security focus and passion > for clean, minimal and secure code is something that the world definitely >

Re: obligatory leaving letter

2017-11-29 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Jay, Jay Williams wrote on Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 05:17:05PM -0600: > As a new user to OpenBSD, who is trying to learn as much as I can, > seeing a message like this is very disheartening. Please do not worry about this particular case. The user who wrote this message contributed almost

Re: obligatory leaving letter

2017-11-29 Thread Sterling Archer
On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 12:17 AM, Jay Williams wrote: > As a new user to OpenBSD, who is trying to learn as much as I can, seeing a > message like this is very disheartening. OpenBSD's security focus and passion > for clean, minimal and secure code is something that the world

Re: obligatory leaving letter

2017-11-29 Thread Jay Williams
As a new user to OpenBSD, who is trying to learn as much as I can, seeing a message like this is very disheartening. OpenBSD's security focus and passion for clean, minimal and secure code is something that the world definitely needs. Despite the worldwide trend, especially here in the USA, I

Re: obligatory leaving letter

2017-11-29 Thread Roderick
On Tue, 28 Nov 2017, leo_...@volny.cz wrote: As dmr often pointed out (though perhaps not quite in the terms that I will use here), UNIX is about community. Or about simplicity? UNIX as the opposite to MULTICS? And this is the impression I get when I read Ritchies and Thompson paper "The

Re: obligatory leaving letter

2017-11-28 Thread Edgar Pettijohn
On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 11:43:15PM +0100, leo_...@volny.cz wrote: > Haai, > > I think it's about time I write this. > > I am De Zeurkous. I used the nick 'schaafuit' (originally devised for a > prank elsewhere) in an attempt not to let past preconceptions (for those > who don't know, I have a

obligatory leaving letter

2017-11-28 Thread leo_tck
Haai, I think it's about time I write this. I am De Zeurkous. I used the nick 'schaafuit' (originally devised for a prank elsewhere) in an attempt not to let past preconceptions (for those who don't know, I have a somewhat bad history with the NetBSD project) rule the present. The story about