From: "Boyd Roberts" <boyd@planete.net>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Remote access
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 19:49:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <000f01c00c61$53f06b80$1e0296c2@psychobasketcase.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <39A18F58.48FC595D@arl.army.mil>
From: Douglas A. Gwyn <gwyn@arl.army.mil>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [9fans] Remote access
> Judging by the tenor of Boyd's comments on such matters,
> it appears that he wants Plan 9 to be (remain?) a pure
> work of art, unsullied by practical considerations.
> I don't say that's wrong, but I do say that one needs
> to identify what the goals of the software are.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> It should be possible to isolate interface "ugliness"
> into modules that are entirely separate from the
> artistic portions of the system.
excellent analysis. i'm not opposed to adding in 3rd
party stuff, but look what happened to linux; kitchen
sink syndrome.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-08-22 17:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-08-21 18:16 Russ Cox
2000-08-22 8:40 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2000-08-22 12:45 ` Boyd Roberts
2000-08-22 17:49 ` Boyd Roberts [this message]
2000-08-23 14:47 ` Boyd Roberts
2000-08-23 15:01 ` Nigel Roles
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2000-08-21 16:30 Anthony Sorace
2000-08-21 13:21 rob pike
2000-08-21 9:52 forsyth
2000-08-21 11:25 ` Lucio De Re
2000-08-21 11:41 ` Lucio De Re
2000-08-21 14:29 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2000-08-21 17:04 ` Boyd Roberts
2000-08-21 12:54 ` Wladimir Mutel
2000-08-21 14:28 ` Doug Henderson
2000-08-21 9:00 Chris Drelich
2000-08-21 9:27 ` Lucio De Re
2000-08-21 14:18 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
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