From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Choate To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] wireless/cellular connectivity? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 19:56:05 -0600 Topicbox-Message-UUID: d31dfc56-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 a@9srv.net wrote: > okay, my feelings on a certain parallel thread regarding > plan9's value in a single-system setup not withstanding, i > think we can all agree that plan9 does *best* in a > networked environment. No, it was designed for -distributed- environments. Not the same thing. P9 offers -no- significant advantage from the perspective of a single user wanting to keep all their 'stuff' on a single box. Whether that single box is networked or not is irrelevant. What matters is that it is a -single- box tied do a -location-. P9 offers global sign on at a level all other OS'es drool about. -- -- Open Forge, LLC 24/365 Onsite Support for PCs, Networks, & Game Consoles 512-695-4126 (Austin, Tx.) help@open-forge.com irc.open-forge.com Hangar 18 Open Source Distributed Computing Using Plan 9 & Linux 512-451-7087 http://open-forge.org/hangar18 irc.open-forge.org James Choate 512-451-7087 ravage@ssz.com jchoate@open-forge.com