From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <20030212210055.6239.qmail@scsi1.moonshynecomm.com> References: <3E4AB582.2010201@charter.net> In-Reply-To: <3E4AB582.2010201@charter.net> From: "Matt Keeler" To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [9fans] Re: Future of Plan9 Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 16:00:55 -0500 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 59d8f3a6-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 adrian Damn it ! writes: > Sam wrote: > >> I'm in a local 9 users group in Athens, GA which I run. I've gone to the >> local linux user group showcase - attendance might reach 500 all day - >> and >> hosted a table for 9 and inferno. My experience was that technically >> saavy people (read: contemporary system administrators) were curious and >> impressed with simple things like bound directories and ftpfs, but >> generally lost interest by the time i got around to acme. The >> "enthusiasts" didn't get it at all, and really didn't like the GUI. >> Conclusion? It's hard for non-programmers to see the beauty in 9. > > > <> > > Sam, I`m in Lawrenceville,GA ! Didn`t know anyone was so close. > Send details about your group. > > Adrian > I'm in Atlanta/Decatur :) -- Matt Keeler - matt@ircguru.org http://www.ircguru.org/