Re: Translucent storage: design, pros, and cons

[Barry deFreese]

Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 20:12 -0500, Barry deFreese wrote:
>   
> > Uhm, I really don't want to get into this discussion but isn't it called 
> > Free Software for a reason?  Marcus and Neal are by no means stopping 
> > you from creating anything you want.
> >     
>
> Yes. But Marcus has worked very hard on this, and none of us wish to
> displace him.
>
> Marcus is trying to satisfy a dream that he cannot (yet) fully
> articulate. The visible portions of that dream appeals to many people
> here. One reason that I have *not* volunteered to act as a HURD
> maintainer is that my dreams are different.
>
> Unfortunately, Marcus is suffering from insufficient time, and this
> impedes progress. At some point, progress must become more important
> than serving a dream that is not yet articulated. If not, then the dream
> becomes an end in itself. It may still be beautiful, but we will not
> produce a system that way.
>
> shap
>   
Shap,

I was not slighting Marcus, HurdNg, or anything else.  I am simply 
stating that if others are not satisfied with waiting on Marcus, they 
are free to start their own projects.  Marcus and/or Neal can still 
continue on their path.

Barry