Re: GNOME bans Manjaro Core Team Member for uttering "Lunduke"

From	D <nospam@example.net>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc, alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: GNOME bans Manjaro Core Team Member for uttering "Lunduke"
Date	2024-08-06 10:50 +0200
Organization	i2pn2 (i2pn.org)
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On Tue, 6 Aug 2024, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

> On 8/5/24 9:02 AM, D wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, 4 Aug 2024, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>> 
>>> On 8/4/24 1:10 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>>> On 2024-08-04, 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>     And if any young gurus have envisioned some new OS with
>>>>>     much of the Linux goodness/solidity/simplicity - now's the
>>>>>     time to really get into writing it.
>>>> 
>>>> Whatever happened to Plan 9?
>>> 
>>>  P9 is still out there, still works, almost overkill
>>>  for single-user boxes/servers. It was really writ
>>>  for big clusters/distributed.
>>> 
>>>  But there's not enough interest/$$$ to push it forward
>>>  very much or get developers to port newer code.
>>> 
>>>  I'd love to see VMS revived for the 21st century.
>>>  It was a really good, versatile, advanced OS that
>>>  did 'net' back when 'net' was 110-baud modems.
>>>  Alas, so far, VMS is still "owned" - not freeware
>>>  or 'abandonedware' like P9.
>>> 
>>>  Oh, DID come a across some pix from a several years ago
>>>  celebrating P9 being ported to the big IBM mainframes.
>>>  Nothing much seems to have COME from it, but it IS
>>>  there for the Big Computing world.
>>> 
>> 
>> But OpenVMS has been ported to x86. Or does the port lack some feature you 
>> want?
>
>
>  My complaint is that it's not really "open" per-se,
>  but licensed.

Ahhh, ok, that explains it.

> "Please provide the information in the form below to help us qualify your 
> application for this evaluation. It is very important that you indicate if 
> your application is for Commercial or Community use. PLEASE NOTE: If you have 
> previously been provided an evaluation license and your license is still 
> valid, you do not need to reapply to access the latest release as it is 
> available to you in the Service Portal. If you have an expiring Commercial 
> evaluation that you would like to extend, please contact your VMS Account 
> Manager. If your application is approved, you will receive an email with 
> instructions for accessing 9.2-2 within two weeks of your submission."
>
>

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                Re: GNOME bans Manjaro Core Team Member for uttering "Lunduke" D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-08-05 15:02 +0200
                Re: GNOME bans Manjaro Core Team Member for uttering "Lunduke" Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-08-04 17:10 +0000
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                Re: GNOME bans Manjaro Core Team Member for uttering "Lunduke" "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-04 21:36 -0400
                Re: GNOME bans Manjaro Core Team Member for uttering "Lunduke" D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-08-05 15:02 +0200
                Re: GNOME bans Manjaro Core Team Member for uttering "Lunduke" "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-08-06 01:37 -0400
                Re: GNOME bans Manjaro Core Team Member for uttering "Lunduke" D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-08-06 10:50 +0200

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