On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 7:47 PM, errno <errno@cox.net> wrote:

> On Friday, May 06, 2011 03:32:26 PM Comeau At9Fans wrote:
> > How does this change things literally, conceptually and philosophically?
> > Consider this question across the board, for instance, can Plan 9 handle
> > it (whatever that means)?  How does it change Plan 9's future?  What I'm
> > getting at is that I'm hearing things about it being a research OS, so
> what
> > would it mean for a research OS to have a full fledged browser available
> > for it?
> >
>
> A veneer of html + css + javascript over the intrinsically distributed
> foundations of Plan 9, would provide the bridge for an entire class of
> use-cases currently out of reach:
>
> When friends and family can comfortably use it, for activities other than
> data-archival, then I can deploy it for uses beyond my own limited,
> personal
> learning projects. The benefit I intend to receive for this is the freedom
> to
> enjoy Plan 9 more often, while reducing linux dependency, and reducing
> overall costs: both in hardware requirements, and in maintenance
> time/effort.
> ...
>

How and/or why do you feel it would reduce the hardware requirements of
friends and family?   And especially so versus linux?

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