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 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Gx2bI-0004o6-1T for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:39:20 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kBKEZnHR005516; Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:35:49 GMT Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.175]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kBKEXcmb031990 for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:33:39 GMT Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id z38so2118993ugc for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:33:38 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=MmEVQg+nkLpPu52/JATgXSw1hd3Q/sGwLDbjBWaDued8llV+uUCcwWm/Azebindkr8w5kRCkbrgscnA7N3esytaHXZ7BJFWe/gN7EexwFqZXYkFwY6SPgxZrK/5Aelt+azAapPQ21L0yqJ9ZQp9YNgJZDsCI6jZJUplRk6CmSag= Received: by 10.82.127.15 with SMTP id z15mr1645212buc.1166625218401; Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:33:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.178.3 with HTTP; Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:33:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8a0028260612200633p921248ayd6884b85703ca281@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:33:38 +0000 From: "Jeff Rollin" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo healthy? In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10612180647g6ac243ebm9cfa8b79a5aeb3b5@mail.gmail.com> <200612182155.11490.mrugeshkarnik@gmail.com> <49bf44f10612191758q758d484fh4f783b651e809b06@mail.gmail.com> <45889E9D.4020508@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: a92cc33a-675a-4008-b6cc-b84a468d9ce4 X-Archives-Hash: aaac87cb8c0673458eecce6511546d65 On 20/12/06, Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: > On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:23:25 +0300, Colleen Beamer > wrote: > > > .... > > I, for one, would be devastated without Gentoo! > > .... > > I looked deep into myself and found that possibly it is fear that drives > this thread. Am I not the only one with the impresion that for the last 10 > years or so good things in computing are routinely fading out or being > eaten by mediocre, if not plain stupid, "alternatives"? > Your timing is off. 20-10 years ago the Redmond juggernaut was ascending to omnipotence. During the last ten years "good things in computing" have been steadily encroaching on the Redmond/Windows/Office "stupid" monopoly. Jeff. -- Now, did you hear the news today? They say the danger's gone away But I can hear the marching feet Moving into the street Adapted from Genesis, "Land of Confusion" http://latedeveloperbasketcase.blogspot.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list