[Etherboot-users] Re: The coolest thing

[Marty C. <md...@et...>]

On Dec 29, 2004, at 1:30 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Marty Connor wrote:
>> ... At this point, however, I find myself wishing to lead a project 
>> of my own, and to try things that would be incompatible with some of 
>> the directions I think Ken wants Etherboot to move in.

> I'm curious what you think would be incompatible and why.
> 	-hpa

Peter, you have the gift of asking interesting questions in compact 
form.

The answers I might offer you are not as compact, as is often the 
nature of answers.

I also think that little good would come of giving a list of the things 
I would change in Etherboot.  A non-trivial amount of my life for the 
last five years has been dedicated to helping to make it what it is.  
Whatever differences of opinion I have with other Etherboot developers, 
in the end, I'm proud of what we have done together.

I some ways NILO will be part of my answer to your question.  I hope 
people will like it, and more importantly, I hope to have a lot of fun 
hacking it, and hope to attract some new folks that enjoy being close 
to bare-metal.   And I hope to have a lot of fun and make a lot of bad 
jokes on the mailing list, and laugh and rant and heal, all in good 
measure.  I also hope to be a good project manager and put out 
something that will make a lot of people happy -- both the people who 
hack it and the people who use it.

So, I hope that helps a little.  We can talk about it off-list if you 
want more details. It's not an easy thing to step back from something 
like this, but I know it's time to focus more of my energy elsewhere.

Thanks for your words of wisdom, and your questions.  I enjoy them.

Marty

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