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From: "Skip Tavakkolian" <fst@centurytel.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] fortune-worthy
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:57:56 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <577fd0c726f326714323074c32cead74@centurytel.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e3db0198e13e127a29c04d9ca1589008@plan9.bell-labs.com>

>> (Hard to believe that the birthplace of Unix will be forced by management
>> to use Windows!)
>
> Research won't be forced to live on it.  However we already are forced to
> use it to communicate with those who don't really care what the solution
> is, which is most of the company.  Also, if we want to solve peoples'
> problems within the company, we have to do it in their context even if
> our initial experiments are on Plan 9.

Isn't this an argument for stronger drawterm effort (or something
more ambitious)?

BTW, I'm assuming this is referring to Windows for desktop environments
and not for running servers. right?



  reply	other threads:[~2003-12-18  7:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 87+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-12-17  3:26 andrey mirtchovski
2003-12-17  4:15 ` ron minnich
2003-12-17  4:47   ` okamoto
2003-12-17  4:54     ` ron minnich
2003-12-17  5:37       ` okamoto
2003-12-18  2:21       ` bs
2003-12-17  9:59     ` Fco.J.Ballesteros
2003-12-17 10:58       ` Matthias Teege
2003-12-17 12:01         ` Brantley Coile
2003-12-17 10:02 ` Anastasopoulos S
2003-12-17 14:29   ` David Presotto
2003-12-17 14:52     ` suspect
2003-12-17  5:41       ` Russ Cox
2003-12-17 16:08         ` suspect
2003-12-18  1:08           ` inferno (was Re: [9fans] fortune-worthy) Geoff Collyer
2003-12-18  8:32             ` Charles Forsyth
2003-12-18  9:18               ` Geoff Collyer
2003-12-18 11:32                 ` a
2003-12-18 14:09                 ` mirtchov
2003-12-18 16:03                   ` David Presotto
2003-12-18 16:34                     ` rog
2003-12-18 16:29                       ` Russ Cox
2003-12-19  1:27                         ` okamoto
2003-12-18 16:39                       ` a
2003-12-19  4:59                         ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-18 19:19                           ` a
2003-12-18 17:38                             ` Russ Cox
2003-12-18 17:02                       ` David Presotto
2003-12-20  1:20                       ` cd ripping (was Re: inferno (was Re: [9fans] fortune-worthy)) Christopher Nielsen
2003-12-20  1:43                         ` David Presotto
2003-12-20  2:27                           ` Christopher Nielsen
2003-12-18 18:16                     ` inferno (was Re: [9fans] fortune-worthy) Joel Salomon
2003-12-18 20:22                     ` jmk
2003-12-19  6:38                       ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-19  9:16                       ` Fco.J.Ballesteros
2003-12-19 11:39                         ` Geoff Collyer
2003-12-19 19:19                         ` Dan Cross
2003-12-18 11:40               ` a
2003-12-18 11:24             ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-18  1:44               ` Geoff Collyer
2003-12-18 11:47                 ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-18 11:49               ` Brantley Coile
2003-12-18 21:57                 ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-18 14:54                   ` Brantley Coile
2003-12-17 14:52     ` [9fans] fortune-worthy Brantley Coile
2003-12-17 15:24       ` David Presotto
2003-12-18  7:57         ` Skip Tavakkolian [this message]
2003-12-18 12:20           ` David Presotto
2003-12-18 12:36             ` David Arnold
2003-12-18 22:38               ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-19  2:28                 ` bs
2003-12-18 21:19           ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-19  3:32           ` Drawterm and Inferno? Was: " Martin C.Atkins
2003-12-19  8:18             ` Charles Forsyth
2003-12-19  8:26               ` Martin C.Atkins
2003-12-19 15:21             ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-17 17:47       ` Charles Forsyth
2003-12-17 17:56         ` ron minnich
2003-12-17 19:06           ` David Presotto
2003-12-17 16:54     ` Lucio De Re
2003-12-17 16:55       ` Lucio De Re
2003-12-18 12:03     ` a
2003-12-18 15:12       ` Sam
2003-12-18 15:13         ` George Michaelson
2003-12-19  4:52         ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-18 21:21       ` Dan Cross
2003-12-19  1:38         ` okamoto
2003-12-19  7:33         ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-18 22:34       ` boyd, rounin
2003-12-17 16:32   ` John Stalker
2003-12-17 16:35   ` John Stalker
2003-12-17 16:41     ` mirtchov
2003-12-17 21:55     ` Micah Stetson
2003-12-17 22:15       ` mirtchov
2003-12-17 17:12   ` Dennis D. Jensen
2003-12-17  5:21 cej
2003-12-17  5:27 cej
2003-12-17  5:41 ` okamoto
2003-12-17  6:51   ` Skip Tavakkolian
2003-12-17  6:07     ` okamoto
2003-12-17 10:31       ` a
2003-12-17  5:42 cej
2003-12-19  6:15 cej
2003-12-20  3:29 Skip Tavakkolian
2003-12-20  2:41 ` David Presotto
2003-12-20  6:16   ` Skip Tavakkolian
2003-12-20  6:20     ` Skip Tavakkolian

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