From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 21:49:37 +0530 From: "Martin C. Atkins" To: Eric Van Hensbergen , Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: Plan9ish virtual consoles, etc. (was Re: [9fans] First-timer help) Message-Id: <20050730214937.4a09c5e3@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: References: <20050730112540.5de8ae86@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Topicbox-Message-UUID: 71b3244c-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:02:04 -0500 Eric Van Hensbergen wrote: > I talked to Jim directly about this. He's very pro-plan 9 and talked > about Rob's influence on the Xrender extensions. He also spoke in > vocal support of unlocking Linux's private namespaces as a key > component of this stuff. I pointed him at the v9fs stuff and also > told him about Plan9ports, which he was pretty excited about -- > particularly when he heard venti was now part of it. It seems I assumed too much - this is very nice to hear! Thanks for filling us in with the background, Eric. Martin -- Martin C. Atkins martin_ml@parvat.com Parvat Infotech Private Limited http://www.parvat.com{/,/martin}