From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <002101c00d11$005bdf80$03c684c3@psychobasketcase.org> From: "Boyd Roberts" To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> References: <200008211816.OAA08653@cse.psu.edu> <39A18F58.48FC595D@arl.army.mil> Subject: Re: [9fans] Remote access Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 16:47:03 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: ff18397e-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 From: Douglas A. Gwyn 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.