From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <201105061647.36343.errno@cox.net> References: <44c5b39f47469ed34fefaf5f4f6f7c2e@brasstown.quanstro.net> <201105061647.36343.errno@cox.net> Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 19:56:26 -0400 Message-ID: From: Comeau At9Fans To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00151757714adc2a4504a2a43c38 Subject: Re: [9fans] Compiling 9atom kernel WAS: Re: spaces in filenames Topicbox-Message-UUID: e008d6e8-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --00151757714adc2a4504a2a43c38 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 7:47 PM, errno 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? -- Greg Comeau / 4.3.10.1 with C++0xisms now in beta! Comeau C/C++ ONLINE ==> http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout World Class Compilers: Breathtaking C++, Amazing C99, Fabulous C90. Comeau C/C++ with Dinkumware's Libraries... Have you tried it? --00151757714adc2a4504a2a43c38 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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, concept= ually and philosophically?
> Consider this question across the board, for instance, can Plan 9 hand= le
> it (whatever that means)? =A0How does it change Plan 9's future? = =A0What 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 availab= le
> for it?
>

A veneer of html + css + javascript over the intrinsically distribute= d
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, persona= l
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/effor= t.
...

How and/or = why do you feel it would reduce the hardware requirements of friends and fa= mily? =A0 And especially so versus linux?
=A0
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<= div> Greg Comeau / 4.3.10.1 with C++0xisms now in beta!
Comeau C/C++ O= NLINE =3D=3D> =A0 =A0 http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout
W= orld Class Compilers: =A0Breathtaking C++, Amazing C99, Fabulous C90.
Comeau C/C++ with Dinkumware's Libraries... Have you tried it?
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