From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <6e35c06204111709526d79bbe3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:52:05 -0800 From: Jack Johnson To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 killer applications? In-Reply-To: <9e0dd08a5bd8022ad8760b54e360128d@coraid.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <9e0dd08a5bd8022ad8760b54e360128d@coraid.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 04863334-eace-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 10:33:57 -0500, Brantley Coile wrote: > This discussion has been indirectly doing that in talking about > features, all of which, I think, are good ones. It seems to me, > however, a better question would be who can benefit most from the > unique features of Plan 9. Or, to put it another way, Who are the > users and what are the benefits of Plan 9 features to them that they > couldn't get any where else. Nicely stated. I'm surprised we don't see more usage of venti to meet the document retention standards set by the states, the feds, or the SEC (for my fellow Americans, but bureaucracy seems to preceed starlings and killer bees across the planet, so I'm sure the rest of you have your own similar issues). -Jack