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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:46:09 -0400
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From: "J.R. Mauro" <jrm8005@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] v9fs question
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On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 8:08 PM, ron minnich<rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> you need to find the niche and provide programs, which people can just
> use. Or you need to find the niche that lets other people write
> programs, and we're not where we need to be on that score. It's still
> too hard for people to write servers and there's no clear answer on
> which library to use. FUSE has done a great job in this area.
>
> ron
>
>

Unfortunately, the only niches being filled are by other 9fans :P

We've got some cool stuff by sqweek and Kris Maglione that are
linux-specific, but the world at large is mostly ignorant of it. I'm
sure adding things like /net will turn the tide.