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Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 16:58:09 -0700
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Subject: Re: [9fans] crazy idea - drawterm in javascript?
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On Tuesday, May 17, 2011 04:40:50 PM Jacob Todd wrote:
> Writing/porting web stuff to plan 9 will be hard. Writing
> something that accesses plan 9 from the web will be less
> hard.
>

Correct; but also somewhat ancillary to the general areas
of concern:

> Is it really all that often when a Plan 9 user is in the precarious
> situation of needing to access his plan9 system from some
> other person's/party's pc or laptop?

> Ok, who slipped me the Cr@zy Pills? Just a couple weeks ago,
> javascript and web technologies were THE DEVIL INCARNATE...

> I realize I'm being unimaginative, but I'm having a very difficult
> time conceiving what sort of plan 9 application could possibly
> be appealing to non-plan 9 users.

> The web is the key.


Cheers