From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Martin C.Atkins To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Interesting in trying out Plan 9 Message-Id: <20040219094711.639dac87.martin@parvat.com> In-Reply-To: <1077116580.7471.249.camel@zevon> References: <0aa1b455d0a97802ab518aebbb724d94@vitanuova.com> <1077116580.7471.249.camel@zevon> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 09:47:11 +0530 Topicbox-Message-UUID: ecb51c30-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:03:00 +0000 Dave Lukes wrote: > > as i said previously, ron apparently really is lucky! > > It does make you wonder whether belief plays a part:-). The other factor in my experience is whether the user uses the system along the lines envisaged by the designers/programmers. I suspect that most people on this list try to use Linux (when they do) in "unusual" ways (in comparison to most Linux users), and thus they hit problems that most Linux users don't see. This partly accounts for the 'unlucky' users that I've come across in the past (I wonder if the best example is reading? :-) - you know, users who seem to have *much* more trouble with (usually reliable) systems than everyone else - nothing works properly for them, and such people tend to find all systems more or less unreliable! BTW: my experience with Linux is in line with Ron's - I guess by my own argument, that makes me boring? :-) Martin -- Martin C. Atkins martin@parvat.com Parvat Infotech Private Limited http://www.parvat.com{/,/martin}