Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:59:00 +0200 (CEST) | Subject | Re: the ' 'official' point of view' expressed by kernelnewbies.org regarding reiser4 inclusion | From | "Luigi Genoni" <> |
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On Wed, July 26, 2006 02:44, David Masover wrote: > Hans Reiser wrote: > > >> to use as his default. Now that we paid the 5 year development price tag >> to get everything as plugins, we can now upgrade in littler pieces than >> any other FS. Hmm, I need a buzz phrase, its not extreme programming, >> maybe "moderate programming". Does that sound exciting to > > Hah! No, it doesn't sound exciting. > > > Plugins don't work well either, not as a marketing concept. People have > had so many bad experiences with plugins, and they're only ever visible when > you have a bad experience. Think about it -- missing plugin (so you have to > download it), > marketing? </joke mode on> if you do not like the word "plugin" why don't you suggest some alternative? like "modules"? </joke mode off>
Seriously, please leave out this kind of marketing. The plugin concept in reiser4 is probably the most interessant feature I filesystem some users could need.
> > Fluid programming? If you build a solution from the bottom up with > gravel or large rocks, you leave gaps that are hard to fill without ripping > off the top layer and redoing it. But if you can do fluid programming, your > program just flows around any obstacle, and into every crack / between every > space (metaphor for new customer requirements)...
probably I do not know english enought well to appraciate this metaphor and to understand what it means.
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