From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <13426df10807301702i38369688o8633274c9e94dcc5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:02:31 -0700 From: "ron minnich" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: <3e1162e60807301636h53149a9du80385a3e42a1a01a@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <488B6EE7.3080100@mtu.edu> <1217421120.5036.34.camel@goose.sun.com> <13426df10807300810s4d854612ib7597a9463f7f02f@mail.gmail.com> <3e1162e60807301636h53149a9du80385a3e42a1a01a@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on Blue Gene Topicbox-Message-UUID: f788f576-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 4:36 PM, David Leimbach wrote: > So is there any traction to use the new platform, or is it mostly just > people running their familiar apps and writing new apps for their familiar > programming environment? There are always users who are adventurous. I'm counting on it. First we have to show "no penalty". Then, I hope to be able to say: "hey, here's a nifty feature" and get them hooked. I don't think that second step will be hard. The work is in the first step. The great thing about BG/L and /P is that they got people out of the mindset that "everything is a Linux". Once you cross that Rubicon life gets much easier. ron