From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G8DvI-0004ph-GH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:25:56 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k72AP8qd021965; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 10:25:08 GMT Received: from crossford.net (dsl-62-3-120-141.zen.co.uk [62.3.120.141]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k72ANCV3027844 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 10:23:13 GMT Received: (qmail 4977 invoked from network); 2 Aug 2006 11:23:08 +0100 Received: from unknown (HELO spike) (192.168.100.18) by 192.168.10.10 with SMTP; 2 Aug 2006 11:23:08 +0100 Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:23:07 +0100 From: Roy Bamford Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Project Sunrise resumed again (was Resignation) To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <20060731035316.74ba21ed@snowdrop.home> <1154322337.11516.34.camel@localhost> <200608020224.25861.carlo@gentoo.org> <20060802013922.GA8912@seldon> <44D06EA2.8010005@gentoo.org> <20060802103315.124e6e50@snowdrop.home> <7c612fc60608020241w2db7c397w9b1638024f2d3669@mail.gmail.com> <20060802105107.6dde3590@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <20060802105107.6dde3590@snowdrop.home> (from ciaran.mccreesh@blueyonder.co.uk on Wed Aug 2 10:51:07 2006) X-Mailer: Balsa 2.3.13 Message-Id: <1154514187l.10056l.0l@spike> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; DelSp=Yes; Format=Flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id k72ANCV3027844 X-Archives-Salt: 8e36ac88-db84-42b5-8cd5-ab03bd7bc84d X-Archives-Hash: cb7894e999291684f035333a21f506a8 On 2006.08.02 10:51, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 11:41:10 +0200 "Denis Dupeyron" > > wrote: > | On 8/2/06, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > | > The alternative to elitism is mediocrity. Would you like Gentoo to > | > be a mediocre distribution? > | > | The real world isn't binary. So there's a whole range of > alternatives > | between elitism and mediocrity. The alternative to elitism is extinction, in a binary world. > > But the quality of an overall product is no greater than the quality > of its worst part... So the quality of British Rail trains is no better than the sandwiches they serve ? At least the sandwiches are not safety involved, nor made as if they were. > > -- > Ciaran McCreesh > Mail : ciaran dot mccreesh at blueyonder.co.uk > > > -- > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list Regards, Roy Bamford -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list