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From: Patrick Kelly <kameo76890@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:44:58 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan ? (was: native install)
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On Mar 30, 2010, at 14:23, Jack Johnson <knapjack@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Patrick Kelly
> <kameo76890@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Read up on why Plan 9 was written. We've been succeeding for 20
>> years so
>> far.
>
> I think this is an interesting comment in light of the evolution
> thread.  Most people (incorrectly) equate evolution with progress.
> Whether or not other more popular OSes are evidence of progress, it's
> interesting to consider the idea of success.  The millipede has been
> around with relatively few upgrades for the past 420 billion years or
> so.  It would be hard to call it unsuccessful, even though it can't
> (yet?) effectively run, jump, or fly.

I think the millipede can run, may be that's just the centipede. Both
are rediculously well adapted, yet haven't really advanced.

This analogy is worth of a beer. +1

> -Jack
>