Hi Chirag, Thanks for reading my mail and thanks for taking the time to write a point by point reply to my mail.
> >> Remember-- that to innovate, you need to respect knowledge and display >> professionalism and a willingness to pursue technical excellence at all >> costs. > >I am just not able to figure out, what made you think that i'm disrespecting >knowledge? >> >> Remember-- that to innovate, you need to respect knowledge and display >> professionalism and a willingness to pursue technical excellence at all >> costs. > >I am just not able to figure out, what made you think that i'm disrespecting >knowledge? > Buddy, it's about attention to detail-- about (a) focussing on reaching the top versus (b) being the one who enlightens the grassroots about whats wrong with the system. Nothing wrong with path (b)-- but I think you're spending too much energy focussing on (b) rather than (a). Perhaps I've misread some things-- but basically, you wont have the time or energy to rock the boat if you focus on rowing by paying a extreme amount of attention to detail-- acquiring highest possible levels of technical competence. (what stops you from building a IDE for Linux that looks and feels exactly like Turbo C++ ? what stops you from learning PHP- remember your mails about programming contest software ? what stops you from taking a shot at winning the ACM programming contest for the whole world ?) If you google around; you will find Tannenbaum's comments about what all is wrong with Linux Kernel's design-- and why he would have failed Linus and forced him to change his ways if Linus (Torvalds) was in Tannenbaum's class. Either you can be the young Linus Torvalds (who builds new stuff) OR you can be a young version of Tannenbaum (who tells faults of those who others dont wanna criticize). Just my thoughts, hope I havent hurt ya. Whenever you are in Delhi-- please do drop me a mail-- and I will be happy to see demos of stuff you have made--- and share ideas in person. Best Regards, NS _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
