From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C7616A.1D22F025" Subject: RE: [9fans] interesting potential targets for plan 9 and/or inferno Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 11:11:18 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20070307084327.Y60404@orthanc.ca><6e35c0620703070940y68ecc7f6j3115750ddb766c95@mail.gmail.com><14ec7b180703070943o426a641du73f3c6e550b403c9@mail.gmail.com> <8492764B-39EC-43A6-8659-8E4AB7AC4E12@orthanc.ca> From: To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1b2cadbc-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C7616A.1D22F025 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Put me in front of VMS and I start to hurl. To me, the interface is =20 > rebarbative. > =20 > Put a VMS user in front of a UNIX terminal and they will hurl. To =20 > them, anything that lacks logicals is untenable. > =20 > How many of you enjoy the music your kids listen to? Your parents =20 > listen to? I'm confidant the number of hands that go up in this =20 > crowd will be significantly higher than in a same-sized sample of =20 > general computer users. The Plan 9 community self-selects for a very = =20 > open mind set. As much of the elegance of Plan 9 derives from its =20 > user community as derives from the code. Catering to the masses will = =20 > drive away that community, ensuring the death of the code base. > =20 > --lyndon I do agree 100% maybe you'll flame me, bu i think plan9 is NOT for masses (that's why some Bill's and Steve's customers begin to boil in their own = sauce.. i just met some very disappointed buyers of win vista)] however, p9 might be just fine for technicians/scientists/etc.. (like = me) who want to squeeze maximum from their ol' box, and rather upset by = 'bells-and-whistles' instead of being impressed, just IMHO, as usually, ++pac ------_=_NextPart_001_01C7616A.1D22F025 Content-Type: application/ms-tnef; name="winmail.dat" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 eJ8+IhQKAQaQCAAEAAAAAAABAAEAAQeQBgAIAAAA4gQAAAAAAADmAAEIgAcAGAAAAElQTS5NaWNy b3NvZnQgTWFpbC5Ob3RlADEIAQ2ABAACAAAAAgACAAEEgAEARAAAAFJFOiBbOWZhbnNdIGludGVy ZXN0aW5nIHBvdGVudGlhbCB0YXJnZXRzIGZvciBwbGFuIDkgYW5kL29yIGluZmVybm8AXxgBBYAD AA4AAADXBwMACAALAAsAEgAEABUBASCAAwAOAAAA1wcDAAgACwALABIABAAVAQEJgAEAIQAAAEFC RkYxQkMwMDUxNjBDNEJCNTdCREFCRTU1QUI3MUIxAG4HAQOQBgBMDQAAOQAAAAMAJgAAAAAAAwA2 AAAAAABAADkAJfAiHWphxwEeAD0AAQAAAAUAAABSRTogAAAAAAIBRwABAAAANAAAAGM9dXM7YT0g O3A9QXJlYWwgU3VjaGRvbDtsPVhNQUlMLTA3MDMwODEwMTExOFotMzg1NgAeAEkAAQAAAEQAAABS ZTogWzlmYW5zXSBpbnRlcmVzdGluZyBwb3RlbnRpYWwgdGFyZ2V0cyBmb3IgcGxhbiA5IGFuZC9v ciBpbmZlcm5vAEAATgAACthgH2HHAR4AWgABAAAAKQAAADlmYW5zLWJvdW5jZXMrY2VqPWdsaS5j 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