From: Digby Tarvin <digbyt@acm.org>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] So What is P9 good for.....
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 09:39:12 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200302150939.JAA04948@cthulhu.dircon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <449b922076a2122f384b55b3e3f1aead@collyer.net> from Geoff Collyer at "Feb 14, 2003 07:27:32 pm"
> Yes, one can cite individual complaints about 6th edition, but my
> point was that in 1975 or 1976, compared to the other systems of the
> day, Unix *seemed* *to me*, as a user, virtually free of arbitrary
> limits.
I don't recall any arbitrary limits in 6th edition. At UNSW we had well
over 256 users - achieved (in our case) by sacrificing group ownership
of files.
In my opinion, having access to well written and maintainable source
is the ultimate in freedom from arbitrary (or otherwise) limits.
Source availability is more common these days, but Plan9's is the only
one that is a pleasure to delve into, the way Edition 6 was back in its
day.
Regards,
DigbyT
--
Digby R. S. Tarvin digbyt@acm.org
http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-02-15 9:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 75+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-13 15:21 John Stalker
2003-02-13 15:38 ` Ronald G. Minnich
2003-02-13 15:43 ` Boyd Roberts
2003-02-13 15:53 ` Phil White
2003-02-13 23:25 ` Jim Choate
2003-02-14 19:45 ` Dan Cross
2003-02-14 21:04 ` Phil White
2003-02-13 16:51 ` matt
2003-02-14 9:31 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2003-02-14 15:11 ` Ronald G. Minnich
2003-02-17 9:53 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2003-02-17 11:32 ` Geoff Collyer
2003-02-17 12:06 ` Lucio De Re
2003-02-17 13:36 ` Russ Cox
2003-02-17 13:41 ` Lucio De Re
2003-02-17 21:37 ` Andrew
2003-02-17 22:03 ` Geoff Collyer
2003-02-17 22:07 ` Russ Cox
2003-02-17 22:07 ` rob pike, esq.
2003-02-17 22:59 ` northern snowfall
2003-02-17 23:10 ` Russ Cox
2003-02-17 23:23 ` George Michaelson
2003-02-18 0:53 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2003-02-18 0:51 ` Mike Haertel
2003-02-18 9:33 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2003-02-18 9:49 ` [9fans] Re: acd compile problem Conor Williams
2003-02-18 10:01 ` nigel
2003-02-18 17:30 ` [9fans] So What is P9 good for Skip Tavakkolian
2003-02-18 17:25 ` nigel
2003-02-18 4:13 ` Jack Johnson
2003-02-18 9:10 ` M Heath
2003-02-20 2:52 ` Martin C.Atkins
2003-02-17 23:35 ` matt
2003-02-17 23:45 ` George Michaelson
2003-02-18 1:53 ` Geoff Collyer
2003-02-17 23:32 ` Dan Cross
2003-02-14 2:06 ` Geoff Collyer
2003-02-14 9:31 ` Richard Miller
2003-02-14 9:34 ` Geoff Collyer
2003-02-14 15:12 ` Ronald G. Minnich
2003-02-14 13:40 ` David Presotto
2003-02-14 16:44 ` rob pike, esq.
2003-02-14 16:47 ` Ronald G. Minnich
2003-02-15 3:27 ` Geoff Collyer
2003-02-15 6:29 ` Ronald G. Minnich
2003-02-15 9:39 ` Digby Tarvin [this message]
2003-02-17 9:53 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2003-02-17 9:53 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-02-18 15:34 Tom Glinos
2003-02-18 15:39 ` Ronald G. Minnich
2003-02-18 3:06 okamoto
2003-02-18 1:34 okamoto
2003-02-15 6:47 Andrew Simmons
2003-02-14 21:55 Skip Tavakkolian
2003-02-14 21:58 ` Doc Shipley
2003-02-15 0:20 ` Dan Cross
2003-02-13 14:20 peter a. cejchan
2003-02-13 9:37 Jeffrey Haun
2003-02-13 10:04 ` Stephen Wynne
2003-02-13 17:52 ` maynard
2003-02-13 18:12 ` Scott Schwartz
2003-02-13 20:00 ` Jack Johnson
2003-02-13 10:11 ` Phil White
2003-02-13 10:22 ` Lucio De Re
2003-02-13 10:33 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2003-02-13 13:54 ` Russ Cox
2003-02-13 14:00 ` Lucio De Re
2003-02-13 16:26 ` rob pike, esq.
2003-02-13 16:31 ` northern snowfall
2003-02-13 23:28 ` Jim Choate
2003-02-14 19:50 ` mike
2003-02-14 20:05 ` Doc Shipley
2003-02-14 19:51 ` Dan Cross
2003-02-13 14:00 ` northern snowfall
2003-02-13 18:02 ` Jack Johnson
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