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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:51:08 -0700
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From: David Leimbach <leimy2k@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] GSOC: Drawterm for the iPhone
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On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Federico G. Benavento <benavento@gmail.com
> wrote:

> I'm impressed by how the "it'd be nice" position is stronger than
> "it'd be useful" one.
>

Some would argue plan 9 isn't useful at all.  In fact, I bet most people
would argue that, and that we're a minority.

How big is the intersection of plan 9 users and iphone users?  :-)

I use both, but wouldn't use drawterm on the iPhone, so I think I just
diminished the audience for this app to maybe 2 or 3 people if I had to take
a wild guess :-)

Dave


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<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Federi=
co G. Benavento <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:benavento@gmail.com=
">benavento@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1e=
x;">
I&#39;m impressed by how the &quot;it&#39;d be nice&quot; position is stron=
ger than<br>
&quot;it&#39;d be useful&quot; one.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Som=
e would argue plan 9 isn&#39;t useful at all. =A0In fact, I bet most people=
 would argue that, and that we&#39;re a minority.</div><div><br></div><div>
How big is the intersection of plan 9 users and iphone users? =A0:-)</div><=
div><br></div><div>I use both, but wouldn&#39;t use drawterm on the iPhone,=
 so I think I just diminished the audience for this app to maybe 2 or 3 peo=
ple if I had to take a wild guess :-)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Dave</div><div>=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quot=
e" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"=
>
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<font color=3D"#888888">Federico G. Benavento<br>
<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>

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