Re: [9fans] An excerpt from Syllable's description

[David Leimbach <leimy2k@gmail.com>]

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,s/Syllable/Plan 9/g
See that was easy.

But seriously what are you after?  Flamewar?  Trolling?  If you read 9fans
you'll get more information than this little marketing excerpt about yet
another obscure operating system.

Dave

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:13 AM, Balwinder S Dheeman <
bsd.SANSPAM@cto.homelinux.net> wrote:

> Computer scientists will tell you that their operating systems and tools
> are fine, because they like them to be complex. Companies will tell you
> that their machines or devices are fine, because they like to control
> them by hiding requisite device specifications and, or applications
> notes, even though you own them. Yet, some people remember a few
> machines from decades ago that were different. They got run over in the
> gold rush, but they proved that it is possible to build much more
> helpful machines. And if it was possible then, it is certainly possible
> now, because the hardware that computers are built from has become much
> more powerful. It's the software that is often not working in the
> interest of the owner. In the /Syllable/ project, we are using this
> power to help the owner instead of the scientists and the big companies.
>
> Please comment the above in a Plan 9 context.
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