From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <198EF2A8-0D69-4142-9863-36E537BED51B@gmail.com> References: <13426df10911261253y1e24eb46yd3ed988833a487bc@mail.gmail.com> <6157B254-D254-446F-8A37-133940AAD0F3@fastmail.fm> <3aaafc130911281117p2727a5ddv2c7f9756ae03dd9e@mail.gmail.com> <20100105115224.GB21460@nibiru.local> <198EF2A8-0D69-4142-9863-36E537BED51B@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 11:08:32 -0500 Message-ID: <3aaafc131001080808h313c76d1n2405c745adc6e2fa@mail.gmail.com> From: Jorden Mauro To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] 9p resource sharing [was: Scanners] Topicbox-Message-UUID: b8b10b84-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Patrick Kelly wrote: > On Jan 5, 2010, at 6:52 AM, Enrico Weigelt wrote: > >> * Jorden Mauro wrote: >> >>> The coffee pot runs windows and there is a virus that causes Coffee >>> Denial of Service on it. >> >> That, of course, would be the very most worstcase that can ever happen ;= -) > > I doubt anyone would be foolish enough to put an 80x86 in a coffee machin= e. > Yes you could run WinCE, but without the 80x86 your not going to suffer f= rom > the hoards of virus's. You have too much faith in humanity. It runs on a Via x86 clone: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/jan09/01-09cesfugoo.mspx The article doesn't mention which flavor of Windows, but I don't think WinCE runs on x86, does it? > > I'd like to see the day someone gets Linux or NetBSD booting on a coffee > machine. Seconded. >> >> cu >> -- >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ >> >> phone: =A0+49 36207 519931 =A0email: weigelt@metux.de >> mobile: +49 174 7066481 =A0 icq: =A0 210169427 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 skype: ne= krad666 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >