From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5a592cf0c42ed2c9bea46e8ec31b12ed@quanstro.net> References: <1233612662.4412.387.camel@goose.sun.com> <5a592cf0c42ed2c9bea46e8ec31b12ed@quanstro.net> Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 17:30:40 -0500 Message-ID: <509071940902021430i95a4eclbc8350611ff12a4b@mail.gmail.com> From: Anthony Sorace To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Pegasus 2.6 is released Topicbox-Message-UUID: 92a3a466-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 erik wrote: > it's interesting to compare this with the sleezy not-paths > that e.g. gnome programs can take, like uris. great as long > as long as you don't care to use anything but gnome tools. i had that debate with a kde-loving linux admin. i had been explaining why plan 9 was interesting or significant, and he countered with the kde example. i was marginally impressed by the number of protocols they handled, but when i asked how you'd use it with cat and friends, he said "no, just use kate". i reeled, stuttered, tried to get out something that sounded like "layering violation", and ran away. it wasn't even a cost/benefit argument; there wasn't any recognition of the costs.