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From: "Skip Tavakkolian" <fst@centurytel.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Essay: Is network transparency something bad?
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 17:49:09 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <23e4a29fd1979cad8dacf523fed91fbd@centurytel.net> (raw)

This is not an excuse, but if you are having connectivity problems
what difference would it make if /net is mounted locally or imported?

There are several remarks about "reliability" of a remote resources in
that article and hinted at here, but the fact is that the reliability
of a cpu server under the control of a professional getting paid to
maintain it -- as in an ISP or an enterprise setup -- would be much
higher than your average (desk|lap|palm)top.

> Hmmm. I have been using Plan 9 over a wireless with a lot of delay
> today (for some strange reason I can't really understand). Hangups and
> timeouts are really painful. Things like importing /net on all your system,
> getting a big delay, a hangup, and getting all your applications blocked are the
> sort of things he talks about. This can happen in Plan 9. Importing
> /net is powerful, but when it bites, it bites hard!!!.



             reply	other threads:[~2002-10-24 21:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-10-24 21:49 Skip Tavakkolian [this message]
2002-10-25  2:04 ` paurea
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-10-25  7:24 Fco.J.Ballesteros
2002-10-24 17:54 rog
2002-10-24 18:40 ` Scott Schwartz
2002-10-24 19:05   ` Ronald G Minnich
2002-10-24 19:25     ` Dan Cross
2002-10-24 19:32       ` Scott Schwartz
2002-10-25 13:10     ` Boyd Roberts
2002-10-24 22:09 ` Steve Kilbane
2002-10-24 17:08 Russ Cox
2002-10-24 17:16 ` John Saylor
2002-10-25 11:44   ` Boyd Roberts
2002-10-25 12:08 ` Ram'on Garc'ia Fern'andez
2002-10-25 13:31   ` Boyd Roberts
2002-10-24 16:43 Skip Tavakkolian
2002-10-24 15:51 Ramon Garcia
2002-10-24 17:36 ` Dan Cross
2002-10-25  0:06   ` paurea
2002-10-25 14:40     ` Dan Cross
2002-10-24 15:09 Skip Tavakkolian
2002-10-24 18:58 ` Dan Cross

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