Oh my goodness, I didn’t know who Danny Hillis was before a google search..., except I did because the way I heard about this project first was from him!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmF7KvsldGU
A good salesman! I’m embarrassed I brought it up!
It’s an interesting prospect, shouldn’t we be working towards this fantastical goal?
From: Konrad Hinsen
Sent: 07 April 2020 09:40
To: Bengt Richter
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: good practices in science
Hi Bengt,
> (I guess I get excited reading prose that shows attention
> to the distinction between abstractions and their representations.
> Sort of like reading quotes from Plato, and thinking, "Hey, wow,
> I've had some of those thoughts." :)
There are plenty of good ideas in that project, I am not claiming the
opposite. Unfortunately, that has never been a guarantee for success.
> I hope they are not just preparing themselves for spinning off
> and becoming rich as a monopolist takeover target ;-/
With people like Danny Hillis on board, they should be aware of that
trap!
> So what makes you hopeful about guix? :)
It's so technical that politics-minded people won't even look at it.
Cheers,
Konrad.