Nagios

[Robert]

On 2011-01-01 10:34:46 -0500, Adam Skutt said:

> On Saturday, January 1, 2011 10:00:06 AM UTC-5, Robert H wrote:
>> 
>> Right, just because you say it paints me in a negative light. Look at
>> every language out there and look within the groups. Everyone is trying
>> to revinvent the wheel to (in their view) make it better.
> 
> "Everyone" is doing nothing of the sort, hence why Tcl "irks" you.  Or 
> are you so forgetful that you can't even remember what you said a few 
> days ago?

Really? How many templating systems does Python have? More than one? 
Why is that? How many web frameworks does Perl have? More than one? Why 
is that?

Why *was* Nagios forked and re-written in Python?

There are too many examples to count.

> 
>> Your argument is sad to me.
> 
> At least I've made an argument, whereas you've done nothing of the 
> sort.  Just because you take wheel reinvention == good as a tautology 
> doesn't mean everyone else does.  Again, what point is there in 
> attempting to win a non-existent popularity contest?
> 
> Adam

Just gave you a bunch. You have totally missed the whole point of the 
original argument. Nice job. Done with you now.

-- 
Robert