From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" Message-ID: <87herxngaf.fsf@becket.becket.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <20011114142914.DC9FB199F2@mail.cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] one reason ideas from Plan 9 didn't catch on Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:41:22 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 238cfa5a-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 rob@plan9.bell-labs.com (rob pike) writes: > The most important aspect of Plan 9's design is that its unusual > properties all derive from the use of files, a concept every computer > user and programmer is comfortable with. For example, make every > resource file-like, add a network file system, and suddenly every > resource can not only be accessed remotely, the users easily grasp how > to do so. This really is the crux of the system: a combination that > combines ease of composability with familiarity. Yes, very well said. This is the sort of thing that I would like to see in my hypothetical totally-subjective-namespace idea, which (for example) is not the way Amoeba is built to work.