From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <980ee91d4f1b0c72bfc327e55319e867@proxima.alt.za> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] A newbie question... Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 14:49:13 +0200 From: lucio@proxima.alt.za In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 41c6413a-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > So if i want port some big linux application to Plan9 i need start new > project and copy parts of code from original one. From one side it is > sad, because it's very ugly development model (for example if original > project will be update, i need update my project too, so there are two > "targets" for every update). On another hand i could concentrate on > new Pla9 techniques and create more powerful analogous of linux > software. Eventually, you'd think the autotools will fade, but reality sometimes turns out illogical. I think the "Plan 9 Way" will only become dominant if there is a major change to the present status. Strangely, no one criticises the Windows development tools... ++L