Re: a hosed reiserfs

[Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>]

Markus Törnqvist wrote:

>On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 12:08:38AM -0700, Hans Reiser wrote:
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>>Unfortunately the state department won't let my team into the US, and 
>>this particular (SBIR) darpa grant requires the work be done in the US.
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>What does SBIR stand for, btw?
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>That state department thing just plain sucks, damnit.
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>>Also, it starts slowly requiring my personal time heavily, pays not a 
>>lot to me, and then, what I just found out, after 5 months of doing the 
>>exploratory work, you have a 2/3 chance of not getting funded to do the 
>>serious funding phase of the work.
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>The exploratory work does not include actual code yet
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Yes, it is supposed to show a "result", which seems bogus, so we are 
just going to pseudo-code all the algorithms, and then code a few 
performance critical ones and prove that they can be done, which is 
legitimate but..... They should just give us the full amount or not give 
it to us, nobody can do real work in 5 months.

>So this means in essence that the viewport security is penalty-boxed?
>(or what do you call it, delayed for the time being?)
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Well, it is waiting for the government to send us a contract to sign, 
etc., etc., and it will be as much of a burden as a blessing.  It will 
force me to hire some US folks.

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>>I will never apply for an SBIR again I think.  I cannot afford to waste 
>>5 months of design work and then not get funded, these grants are for 
>>students and new professors.
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>But at least the viewport security design exists and it's a damn
>good idea, so I hope it will somehow get in at some point...
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>>Oh, and the EU doesn't care much to fund non-europeans.
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>Have you tried other nations around?
>Although few have as much money as the United States.
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There is the EU and the US and nobody else sloshes much money around.  
Oh wait, maybe the Chinese.  I don't expect to get money from the 
Chinese as I suspect they are also nationalistic in giving it out.

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>>It all involves so much more than just doing good work and getting 
>>paid.... whine whine.;-)
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>This whine is completely justified in my book ;)
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thanks.