On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 7:47 PM, errno <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:errno@cox.net">errno@cox.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Friday, May 06, 2011 03:32:26 PM Comeau At9Fans wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im">&gt; How does this change things literally, conceptually and philosophically?<br>
&gt; Consider this question across the board, for instance, can Plan 9 handle<br>
&gt; it (whatever that means)?  How does it change Plan 9&#39;s future?  What I&#39;m<br>
&gt; getting at is that I&#39;m hearing things about it being a research OS, so what<br>
&gt; would it mean for a research OS to have a full fledged browser available<br>
&gt; for it?<br>
&gt;<br>
<br>
</div>A veneer of html + css + javascript over the intrinsically distributed<br>
foundations of Plan 9, would provide the bridge for an entire class of<br>
use-cases currently out of reach:<br>
<br>
When friends and family can comfortably use it, for activities other than<br>
data-archival, then I can deploy it for uses beyond my own limited, personal<br>
learning projects. The benefit I intend to receive for this is the freedom to<br>
enjoy Plan 9 more often, while reducing linux dependency, and reducing<br>
overall costs: both in hardware requirements, and in maintenance time/effort.<br>
<div class="im">...<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>How and/or why do you feel it would reduce the hardware requirements of friends and family?   And especially so versus linux?</div><div> </div></div>-- <br><div>
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