From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: a hosed reiserfs Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 01:13:45 -0700 Message-ID: <40ED0239.5070300@namesys.com> References: <3DF9165145FACB4C96977FF650C1E9040C46A168@its-mail1.its.corp.gwl.com> <20040707055420.GI4990@nysv.org> <40EBA176.3030202@namesys.com> <20040707075457.GK4990@nysv.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <20040707075457.GK4990@nysv.org> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Markus_T=F6rnqvist?= Cc: "Burnes, James" , redeeman@metanurb.dk, Reiserfs Mailinglist Markus T=F6rnqvist wrote: >On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 12:08:38AM -0700, Hans Reiser wrote: > =20 > >>Unfortunately the state department won't let my team into the US, and=20 >>this particular (SBIR) darpa grant requires the work be done in the US. >> =20 >> > >What does SBIR stand for, btw? > >That state department thing just plain sucks, damnit. > > =20 > >>Also, it starts slowly requiring my personal time heavily, pays not a=20 >>lot to me, and then, what I just found out, after 5 months of doing the=20 >>exploratory work, you have a 2/3 chance of not getting funded to do the=20 >>serious funding phase of the work. >> =20 >> > >The exploratory work does not include actual code yet > =20 > Yes, it is supposed to show a "result", which seems bogus, so we are=20 just going to pseudo-code all the algorithms, and then code a few=20 performance critical ones and prove that they can be done, which is=20 legitimate but..... They should just give us the full amount or not give=20 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?) > =20 > Well, it is waiting for the government to send us a contract to sign,=20 etc., etc., and it will be as much of a burden as a blessing. It will=20 force me to hire some US folks. > =20 > >>I will never apply for an SBIR again I think. I cannot afford to waste=20 >>5 months of design work and then not get funded, these grants are for=20 >>students and new professors. >> =20 >> > >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... > > =20 > >>Oh, and the EU doesn't care much to fund non-europeans. >> =20 >> > >Have you tried other nations around? >Although few have as much money as the United States. > =20 > There is the EU and the US and nobody else sloshes much money around. =20 Oh wait, maybe the Chinese. I don't expect to get money from the=20 Chinese as I suspect they are also nationalistic in giving it out. > =20 > >>It all involves so much more than just doing good work and getting=20 >>paid.... whine whine.;-) >> =20 >> > >This whine is completely justified in my book ;) > > =20 > thanks.