From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3e1162e60711200905s380a6077gfb6c41cb0e4eff8d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:05:03 -0800 From: "David Leimbach" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] 8c "out of fixed registers" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <093f2bfe7a9087598e2cc59c5c242eaa@terzarima.net> <4741DA7C.6040304@gmail.com> <5d375e920711191238x729e41aeq1a452c4b5b3c0d4c@mail.gmail.com> <336C9C21-9FCE-4BFC-BDCC-5E22F0946440@mac.com> <3e1162e60711200839w63e1ee90w2b64a6d4622d84de@mail.gmail.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 02e7bc46-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Nov 20, 2007 8:48 AM, Iruata Souza wrote: > On Nov 20, 2007 2:39 PM, David Leimbach wrote: > > It's not needed in the sense that no one needs to add more complexity > > to their lives or their work flow. It is needed in the sense that the > > way people decide to do their work involves having to use things like > > Windows and Outlook and Word, and web pages. > > > > Sometimes I miss gopher... a lot. > > > > Dave > > > > exactly. if you need to use something, complex or not, you can't say > it's not needed. > so if you need to use some tool and it's complex AND you want to use > it under Plan 9, them that complexity is still needed. > I myself see a big difference between wanting and needing. > > iru > Sure, I think it's just that we all feel we're better off without complexity and that no one really needs it, we're just working in a world where complexity is the de-facto standard and we must conform to be able to function. Dave