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From: Kurt H Maier <khm@sciops.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>, ron minnich
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Subject: Re: [9fans] syscall 53
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Quoting ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>:

> I have a different perspective. There are millions of chromebooks out
> there updating all the time, from the firmware to the kernel to the
> root file system to everything. It all works.

Millions of carefully-crafted machines updating all the time, from the
firmware
to the kernel, *as long as the user doesn't actually do anything with the
computer*.  Pushing updates to your pet web browser is a very different task
than supporting a general-purpose operating system.

I can only assume you know that, so is this irrelevant tangent deliberate
misdirection or a symptom of an honest misunderstanding of the situation?

khm