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On Tue February 22 2005 23:32, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: |
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> I knew if I waited long enough, someone other than myself would express |
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> an interest in Gentoo/CygWin. Please tell me you're interested in |
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> Gentoo/CygWin, Phillipe -- if I'm the only one who would use it, my |
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> recommendation is that the good folks at Gentoo put it out of its |
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> misery. :) |
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There's always interest when there's something that works comparatively |
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similar to Linux on x86. It's the same deal with the /BSD stuff: not |
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enough people capable of jumping in when so many things don't work. And |
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few capable people willing to. :) |
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"Wake me up when everything works and I'll try it." |
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(average user, roughly paraphrased) |
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What these experimental projects need are skilled programmers willing to |
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invest a lot of time and effort. Usually it's just 2 or 3 people doing |
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all the work... just to get a port to a minimally usable but highly |
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imperfect state. |
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If there were enough skilled & committed people participating and making it |
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work, these would probably be made official at some point with little/no |
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resistance. If it works well, it would be self-evident I think. |
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F=ma |
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(^^ obligatory law of motion reference in email regarding manpower) |
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Cheers, |
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Dylan Carlson [absinthe@g.o] |
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