Oops.... Don't worry! I did not take offence, and didn't mean to imply that I had. I laughed my ass off when I read the prayer.
Sarcasm is considered good fun in Canada. That's why we're generally funnier than Americans :-) I will ask the compiler guys if it's already available somewhere. But given that they're up to their eyeballs in locking everything down for 3.2, I need to set expectations your really low.... Mike Milinkovich Executive Director, Eclipse Foundation, Inc. Office: 613-224-9461 x228 Cell: 613-220-3223 [EMAIL PROTECTED] blog: http://milinkovich.blogspot.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Geir Magnusson Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: May 4, 2006 9:23 AM > To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: [prayer] to the Eclipse Foundation > > There was actually zero sarcasm intended there. I was just > hoping to get your attention. I've used this format > effectively w/ the JCP as well. :) > > The only comment that I thought might get taken the wrong way > was the "bloat" comment, but from the perspective of being > interested in getting the java compiler and getting in a > 100MB download.... > > So - can we get the Java compiler hosted officially > somewhere? Right now, for the harmony classlib, we ask > people to dig it out of the eclipse distro, and the > contributed build script for the new VM from Intel does that > same thing automatically. Lots of extra bits floating > through the internets... > > I think it would also assist adoption - it would make it > easier for other projects to use it via ant or maven jar fetches. > > Of course, if it is already that way somewhere, and I'm just > clueless, I deserve whatever drubbing you can aim my way :) > > thx > > geir > > > > Mike Milinkovich wrote: > > I've tried parsing the prayer a few times to delete the sarcasm and > > understand exactly what you're asking for, but as with most > prayers, > > the language appears to be imprecise. > > > > What *exactly* is it that you're looking for? > > > > Mike Milinkovich > > Executive Director, > > Eclipse Foundation, Inc. > > Office: 613-224-9461 x228 > > Cell: 613-220-3223 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > blog: http://milinkovich.blogspot.com/ > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Geir Magnusson Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: May 4, 2006 7:07 AM > >> To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org > >> Subject: Re: [prayer] to the Eclipse Foundation > >> > >> Seriously, anyone have any contacts there? (Church of Eclipse, not > >> billygraham...) > >> > >> Mike, are you around? :) > >> > >> geir > >> > >> > >> Tim Ellison wrote: > >>> Dear Harmony Project, > >>> > >>> I think you are on the wrong mailing list, please try > >>> www.billygraham.org (or whatever your personal preference). > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Tim > >>> > >>> > >>> Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: > >>>> Oh Mighty Eclipse Foundation, > >>>> > >>>> Thou art soest bountiful, we praise your munificence, > >> especially that > >>>> which compiles the java. > >>>> > >>>> We beseech thee, in thy mercy, to offer to your lowly > >> servants that > >>>> which we covet alone in it's beauty, without thy holy bloat, for > >>>> while that which wraps the compiler of java nourishes > >> those without > >>>> the divine IDEA, we do not deserveth such goodness, nor have the > >>>> richness of time or heavenly bandwidth. > >>>> > >>>> We ask this humbly, and with averted gaze as befitting > our station. > >>>> > >>>> The Harmony Project > >>>> > >>>> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html > >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> > >>>> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
