From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <200302150939.JAA04948@cthulhu.dircon.co.uk> Subject: Re: [9fans] So What is P9 good for..... In-Reply-To: <449b922076a2122f384b55b3e3f1aead@collyer.net> from Geoff Collyer at "Feb 14, 2003 07:27:32 pm" To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: Digby Tarvin MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 09:39:12 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 61acec40-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > 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