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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 - the next 20 years
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:16:27 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9222741332382c57e2d74c53076086cc@quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3aaafc130904172112x2c26ae1fnffe7c4b4a0311b9e@mail.gmail.com>

> But I'll say that if anyone tries to solve these problems today, they
> should not fall into the same trap,  [...]

yes.  forward thinking was just the thing that made multics
what it is today.

it is equally a trap to try to prognosticate too far in advance.
one increases the likelyhood of failure and the chances of being
dead wrong.

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2009-04-18  4:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 181+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-04-16 17:47 [9fans] security questions Devon H. O'Dell
2009-04-16 18:30 ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-16 19:14   ` Venkatesh Srinivas
2009-04-16 20:10     ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-04-16 20:19       ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-04-17  4:48         ` lucio
2009-04-17  5:03           ` Eris Discordia
2009-04-17  9:47             ` lucio
2009-04-17 10:24               ` Eris Discordia
2009-04-17 11:55                 ` lucio
2009-04-17 13:08                   ` Eris Discordia
2009-04-17 14:15                     ` gdiaz
2009-04-17 16:39                     ` lucio
     [not found]                   ` <6FD675BC714D323BF959A53B@192.168.1.2>
2009-04-17 16:15                     ` Robert Raschke
2009-04-17 20:12                       ` John Barham
2009-04-17 21:40                         ` blstuart
2009-04-17 16:32               ` [9fans] VMs, etc. (was: Re: security questions) blstuart
2009-04-17 17:11                 ` tlaronde
2009-04-17 17:29                   ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-17 18:18                     ` tlaronde
2009-04-17 19:00                       ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-17 18:50                     ` blstuart
2009-04-17 18:31                   ` blstuart
2009-04-17 18:45                     ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-17 18:59                       ` blstuart
2009-04-17 19:05                         ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-17 20:21                           ` blstuart
2009-04-18 14:54                             ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-18 16:06                               ` Mechiel Lukkien
2009-04-19 20:52                               ` blstuart
2009-04-20 17:30                                 ` [9fans] VMs, etc maht
2009-04-20 17:44                                   ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-20 17:47                                     ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-04-20 17:49                                     ` maht
2009-04-17 19:39                     ` [9fans] VMs, etc. (was: Re: security questions) tlaronde
2009-04-17 21:25                       ` blstuart
2009-04-17 21:59                         ` tlaronde
2009-04-17 23:41                         ` Mechiel Lukkien
2009-04-17 18:59                   ` Eris Discordia
2009-04-17 21:38                     ` blstuart
     [not found]                   ` <1322FA0842063D3D53C712DC@192.168.1.2>
2009-04-17 20:07                     ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-17 19:02                 ` lucio
2009-04-17 21:01                   ` blstuart
2009-04-18  5:25                     ` lucio
2009-04-19 20:19                       ` blstuart
2009-04-17 19:16                 ` [9fans] Plan9 - the next 20 years Steve Simon
2009-04-17 19:39                   ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-17 19:43                   ` tlaronde
2009-04-17 19:56                     ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-17 20:14                     ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2009-04-17 20:18                       ` Benjamin Huntsman
2009-04-18  4:26                         ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-17 20:29                       ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-18  3:56                         ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-18  4:12                           ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-18  4:16                             ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2009-04-18  5:51                               ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-18 12:52                       ` Steve Simon
2009-04-17 20:20                   ` John Barham
2009-04-16 20:51       ` [9fans] security questions erik quanstrom
2009-04-16 21:49         ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-04-16 22:19           ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-16 23:36             ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-04-17  0:00               ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-17  1:25                 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-04-17  1:54                   ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-17  2:17                     ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-04-17  2:23                       ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-17  2:33                         ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-04-17  2:43                           ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-17  5:48                             ` john
2009-04-17  5:52                               ` Bruce Ellis
2009-04-17  5:52                               ` andrey mirtchovski
2009-04-17  5:57                                 ` Bruce Ellis
2009-04-17  9:26                           ` Charles Forsyth
2009-04-17 10:29                             ` Steve Simon
2009-04-17 11:04                               ` Mechiel Lukkien
2009-04-17 11:36                               ` lucio
2009-04-17 11:40                               ` lucio
2009-04-17 11:51                                 ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-17 12:06                               ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-17 13:52                                 ` Steve Simon
2009-04-17  1:59                   ` Russ Cox
2009-04-17 12:07                     ` maht
2009-04-17  2:07                   ` Bakul Shah
2009-04-17  2:19                     ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-04-17  6:33                       ` Bakul Shah
2009-04-17  9:51                         ` lucio
2009-04-17 11:34                         ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-17 12:14                           ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-04-17 18:29                             ` Bakul Shah
2009-04-17 11:59                         ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-04-17  5:06                     ` Eris Discordia
2009-04-17  8:36             ` Richard Miller
2009-04-17 22:08 [9fans] Plan9 - the next 20 years Francisco J Ballesteros
2009-04-17 22:15 ` ron minnich
2009-04-17 22:35   ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-17 23:01     ` ron minnich
2009-04-18  2:06       ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-18  2:39         ` ron minnich
2009-04-18  2:43           ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-18  5:55           ` lucio
2009-04-18  3:37         ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-18  4:04           ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-18  4:16             ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-18  5:57               ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-18 13:50                 ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-18 14:53                   ` lucio
2009-04-18 15:07                   ` ron minnich
2009-04-18 15:11                     ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-18 16:13                       ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-18 16:10                   ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-18 16:20                     ` ron minnich
2009-04-18 16:26                       ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-18 16:36                       ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-18 16:53                         ` tlaronde
2009-04-18 17:12                           ` andrey mirtchovski
2009-04-18 17:37                             ` ron minnich
2009-04-18 23:31                               ` Charles Forsyth
2009-04-18 23:26                                 ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-18 17:35                           ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-18  5:58           ` lucio
2009-04-18 11:59   ` tlaronde
2009-04-18 14:31     ` tlaronde
2009-04-18 15:05     ` ron minnich
2009-04-18 15:33       ` tlaronde
2009-04-23 16:56       ` tlaronde
2009-04-24 15:33         ` ron minnich
2009-04-24 16:43           ` tlaronde
2009-04-18 15:16   ` Latchesar Ionkov
2009-04-19 19:34     ` Enrico Weigelt
2009-04-19 19:52       ` ron minnich
2009-04-19  7:12 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2009-04-19 15:26   ` David Leimbach
2009-04-20  2:14     ` Skip Tavakkolian
2009-04-20 14:58       ` Uriel
2009-04-20 17:18         ` maht
2009-04-20 18:15           ` J.R. Mauro
2009-04-20 18:30             ` maht
2009-04-20 19:02           ` Charles Forsyth
2009-04-20 18:03         ` Skip Tavakkolian
2009-04-20 18:07           ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-23  5:07             ` sqweek
2009-04-23  5:36               ` Nathaniel W Filardo
2009-04-23 11:51                 ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-20 18:18           ` David Leimbach
2009-04-20 18:35             ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-20 18:55               ` David Leimbach
2009-04-20 19:03                 ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-20 20:17                   ` David Leimbach
2009-04-20 20:33                     ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-20 21:18                       ` David Leimbach
2009-04-20 21:28                         ` andrey mirtchovski
2009-04-21  8:19                           ` roger peppe
2009-04-21 12:00                             ` roger peppe
2009-04-21 16:52                             ` David Leimbach
2009-04-21 17:06                               ` roger peppe
2009-04-21 17:11                                 ` David Leimbach
2009-04-21  7:38                       ` Bakul Shah
2009-04-20 19:13                 ` Steve Simon
2009-04-20 19:22                   ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-20 18:39           ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2009-04-21  9:52             ` maht
2009-04-21 10:23               ` roger peppe
2009-04-21 12:04                 ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-21 14:03                   ` roger peppe
2009-04-21 14:09                     ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-21 14:33                       ` Fco. J. Ballesteros
2009-04-21 14:50                         ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-21 16:03                           ` roger peppe
2009-04-21 16:09                             ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-21 17:12                               ` roger peppe
2009-04-21 17:43                                 ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-21 18:14                                   ` roger peppe
2009-04-21 16:38                             ` Bakul Shah
2009-04-21 16:59                               ` roger peppe
2009-04-21 16:10                           ` Bakul Shah
2009-04-21 16:25                             ` erik quanstrom
2009-04-21 17:03                               ` David Leimbach
2009-04-21 17:23                               ` roger peppe
2009-04-21 16:53               ` David Leimbach

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