From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <2ddbf0778495ffee4b3da807bca7adc7@plan9.ucalgary.ca> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] more plan 9 developers & users [was (no subject)] Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:38:46 -0600 From: andrey mirtchovski In-Reply-To: <805fdfbe65e9a593bc06bfc23e0b225f@collyer.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Topicbox-Message-UUID: ce8469b8-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 I wholeheartedly agree with Geoff's observations! Just let me add my 2=C2= =A2: > - add a new machine: add one entry to /lib/ndb/local or your local > equivalent, plug the machine into a switch, insert a boot floppy if > it's a PC, turn it on; my biggest success in showcasing Plan 9 so far has been with an 8-way proliant machine that i turned onto a node on our network with a single floppy. somehow everybody was under the impression that plan 9 is not a mature OS. they've all assumed that simply because it lacks X, mplayer, a browser and a bloated GUI it wouldn't have things like SMP. 'try doing that with globus' i said at the time; 'it's all nice, but nobo= dy uses plan9' was the response. somehow traditional "systems" stuff like working out how to support non-trivial hardware in an elegant manner has been put aside and eye candy has come into focus. i'm sure people would be much more interested in p9 if it could render OpenGL on 18 screens concurrently faster (and cheaper) than anyone else :) andrey ps: Geoff, do you mind if i put your post in the wiki?