From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4649EA4C.2050809@iontrading.com> Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 18:13:48 +0100 From: Dave Lukes User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070403) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: Warning: Rant. Please disregard. [Was: Re: [9fans] Is IBM ThinkPad R60e notebook compatible with Plan9?] References: <32a656c20705120143x3d461611t5a5abe9378bc2a13@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <32a656c20705120143x3d461611t5a5abe9378bc2a13@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 67df8eea-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Vester Thacker wrote: > What is the purpose of writing an > operating system if you don't expect average folks to use it or > develop for it? What is the point of developing a formula 1 racing car if you don't expect average folks to use it or produce aftermarket accessories for it? I no more expect "average folks" (who are these, BTW?) to use or develop for (or even notice the existence of) plan9 than I expect them to turn up at the shopping mall in in an F1 Ferrari. The following statements are provably untrue: * Making something more popular makes it better. * Making something better makes it more popular. There are far too many counterexamples (Adolf Hitler, Betamax, ...). So why do you care whether something is more popular? Given a wonderful OS used by 10 people or a crap OS used by 10E6 people, I'll take the former. D. ******************************************************************** This e-mail and files transmitted with it are confidential. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify us immediately by return email or telephone +44 (0)207398 0207. You are not authorised to, and must not, disclose, copy, distribute or retain this message or any part of it. ********************************************************************