From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konrad Hinsen Subject: Re: good practices in science Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 10:37:07 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20200403135421.5f800ffa@hulten.org> <874ktxt4bq.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <20200406185121.GB3442@LionPure> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51081) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jLjjN-0001b7-Cr for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2020 04:37:16 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jLjjL-0004pB-HC for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2020 04:37:13 -0400 Received: from wout4-smtp.messagingengine.com ([64.147.123.20]:60383) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jLjjL-0004nn-5e for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2020 04:37:11 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20200406185121.GB3442@LionPure> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Bengt Richter Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org 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.