From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <52CC4D93.2070700@yahoo.fr> Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 19:55:15 +0100 From: Nicolas Bercher User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/24.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 9fans@9fans.net References: <52CAF519.9010909@yahoo.fr> <52CBFA7A.40304@yahoo.fr> <20140107182041.C08D2B82A@mail.bitblocks.com> In-Reply-To: <20140107182041.C08D2B82A@mail.bitblocks.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Alternative Plan 9 Logo Topicbox-Message-UUID: b0365880-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 07/01/2014 19:20, Bakul Shah wrote: > On Tue, 07 Jan 2014 14:00:42 +0100 Nicolas Bercher wrote: >> >> Also, regarding what Erik asked on 3rd January "does anyone feel like >> debugging an infinite os?", I feel Plan 9 offers an extra-wide range of >> possibilities, "approchoaching infinity" suggested by your logo. > > This logo reminds of the "time tunnel" in the old "The Time > Tunnel" TV show. Hollywood's idea of science fiction, > mysterious & endless tunnel you can't escape from is not > something I associate with plan9. If anything it takes the > mystery out of good OS design! > > To me Plan9 is closer to a bucket of Lego Technics parts (and > less Pirates of Caribbean kind of Lego sets). Small, well > designed, high quality parts that are highly composable, fun > to play with & what you can build with is limited only by your > imagination. > > Funny how we all see something different in the same graphic! I completely agree. And I think my point of view was, since I'm a big fan of Lego Technic, just expressing "the wide range of things you can invent with Lego Technic parts". Nicolas