From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <9EE5FC4E-DBA4-44F0-879B-05BB45413F56@lsub.org> References: <9EE5FC4E-DBA4-44F0-879B-05BB45413F56@lsub.org> From: Giacomo Tesio Date: Sat, 6 May 2017 12:12:09 +0200 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a114409e43bb168054ed83d86 Cc: 9front@9front.org Subject: Re: [9fans] Reimplementing Plan 9 in Go (Was: Re: [9front] bio io functions) Topicbox-Message-UUID: bc0a636c-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a114409e43bb168054ed83d86 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Il 06/Mag/2017 10:22, "Francisco J Ballesteros" ha scritto: considering as the HW all the machines I use, including their OS as the new =E2=80=9CHW=E2=80=9D. I'm afraid it's what they are trying to achieve with webassebly. And in a way Inferno was doing the same, wasn't it. I agree that in a network, several different os should be able to work together seemlessy. But despite my efforts in Jehanne I don't think the key to achieve this is a os, nor a language. IMHO the key is a better general purpose protocol, as simple as 9p but able to replace http. Giacomo --001a114409e43bb168054ed83d86 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


Il 06/Mag/2017 10:22, "Francisco J Ballesteros" <nemo@lsub.org> ha scritto:
considering as the HW all the machine= s I use, including their OS as the new =E2=80=9CHW=E2=80=9D.

I'm a= fraid it's what they are trying to achieve with webassebly.

And in a way Inferno was doing the = same, wasn't it.

I a= gree that in a network, several different os should be able to work togethe= r seemlessy.

But despite= my efforts in Jehanne I don't think the key to achieve this is a os, n= or a language. IMHO the key is a better general purpose protocol, as simple= as 9p but able to replace http.


Giacomo

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