From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:09:18 +0530 From: "Martin C. Atkins" To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] First-timer help Message-Id: <20050719220918.43b5b9e1@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <451fd5c15dde48affa20a0c323f68847@terzarima.net> References: <20050719113153.6a05a689@localhost.localdomain> <451fd5c15dde48affa20a0c323f68847@terzarima.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6b1dd8ca-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:38:40 +0100 Charles Forsyth wrote: > using VM/386 to multiplex window sessions is rather like virtualising the > Unix system call layer to allow several IP stacks. it seems just I completely agree that it would be a sledge hammer to crack a nut in this case. VM/x86 does give you somewhat more than just solving the current tread topic, though... > a little heavy-handed. there is actually little difference between > multi-user cpu servers and single-user terminals as far as the plan 9 kernel is concerned: > mainly configuration and a few small policy differences. etc That is nice to hear. I seem to understand more than I realised :-)! > the more serious problem is that there isn't a good paint program. My daughter would agree with that! Martin -- Martin C. Atkins martin_ml@parvat.com Parvat Infotech Private Limited http://www.parvat.com{/,/martin}