From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:13:01 -0600 Message-ID: <14ec7b180907221613m764963cbh1781e723d9f1243@mail.gmail.com> From: andrey mirtchovski To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Does "as little software as possible" include a modern browser? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 2aa0535e-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > Which brings me to repeat a question about Plan9, from another thread: if > there is no real browser for the platform, how will Plan 9 participate in > the "cloud computing" (r)evolution? =C2=A0I suppose it would be enough to= have a > Chromium port, if Chrome and the Chrome OS gain traction. "clouds" (whatever they may be) are not synonymous with web browsers. Plan 9 is already involved in "cloud computing" (whatever that may be) by means of the 9P protocol in at least one project i know of... but yes, a chromium port (and the c++ compiler used for it) would be nice := )