Being I wrote him a long message, and he simply answered the direct questions, I’ll share it here:
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 18:11:51 -0400
From: “Eric S. Raymond” To: David Pierron
Subject: Re: One Simple Question, Well, Two
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracyDavid Pierron:
Question #1: I learned of you directly from a movie called “Revolution OS” as well as everyone else in that movie besides Linus Torvalds … As I watched it again recently, I started poking around the Internet and found web sites, etc … But I have noticed that on these sites, I really see no reference to that movie. Is Revolution OS not held in any sort of high regard?A lot of people like it. But that doesn’t mean it needs to be mentioned everywhere.
Question #2: Why didn’t the GNU project ever finish their project (kernel) even after the availability of Linux?
Conflicting objectives, poor leadership, and a development group that was too small and inbred.
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Eric S. Raymond
I still wonder why no one picked up on that project … If not for the simple fact to have a choice between a monolithic GNU and a GNU micro kernel? Then again, I can picture Linus in his smug way saying ‘why bother when I have already written a more efficient kernel?’ … Not to say he’s a smug individual, but he does have a way about him that I think you know when he’s answering a question that he thinks he need not be answering … Anyway, now I have something to say to Letterman when I make the trek on up to New York City … but, I will never go … so … it remains here …