JavaScript is not java...  

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On May 17, 2011, at 11:46 AM, a z <rhoyerboat@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ugh, I have to comment because to my noobness this sounds like an easy  project, and an easy project to over-think. Teach a java app how to draw boxes like rio, and plug it in. Right? 
> 
> I would love to use Rio on a touchscreen, unfortunately I need to eat. So if I get that eating thing figured out Ill download Android SDK and make it start reading data from what rio listens to and attaching markup to it. 
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> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 12:18 PM, erik quanstrom <quanstro@labs.coraid.com> wrote:
> > What the hell? They're not saying, "Screw running on hardware, let's
> > just boot the whole system in Javascript under a browser", they want
> > to let you connect to your Plan 9 system from a web browser, because
> > you can find a Javascript-supporting web browser anywhere (except Plan
> > 9) these days.
> >
> > As fgb would say, relax. No "Bell Labs people" have even commented on
> > this thread, and if anybody wants to implement this, it's their own
> > damn business. Writing a drawterm replacement in Javascript is not
> > going to "downgrade" Plan 9. In fact, it would be rather useful--now
> > when you're away from home, you can use somebody else's computer to
> > connect to your CPU server and read your mail, for example.
> 
> relax, man.  i understand peter's perspective.  and i don't think
> it's unreasonable.  just think about how dbus has downgraded linux.
> 
> on the other hand, i think a js virtual machine (mips would be nicer
> than x86) might be interesting.  drawterm has always been a clever
> hack.  it would be nice to have emulated environment that's more
> portable than 9vx and not tied to 32-bit x86.
> 
> one would then be able to write applications for non-plan 9 users
> in plan 9.  clearly they will have a browser.
> 
> not that i'm signing up or anything.  :-)
> 
> - erik
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