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* [9fans] ask "unix co-creator" Rob Pike
@ 2004-10-05 20:20 Ronald G. Minnich
  2004-10-13  2:04 ` [9fans] g9fs John DeGood
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Ronald G. Minnich @ 2004-10-05 20:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans


Hmm. Wonder if Rob Pike would just as soon be known as the co-creator of
Linux as long as he's the "co-creator" of Unix? Or possibly some other OS 
maybe?

:-)


ron


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* [9fans] g9fs
  2004-10-05 20:20 [9fans] ask "unix co-creator" Rob Pike Ronald G. Minnich
@ 2004-10-13  2:04 ` John DeGood
  2004-10-13  9:08   ` Steve Simon
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: John DeGood @ 2004-10-13  2:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs

g9fs anyone?

   http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm



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* Re: [9fans] g9fs
  2004-10-13  2:04 ` [9fans] g9fs John DeGood
@ 2004-10-13  9:08   ` Steve Simon
  2004-10-13 10:00     ` Steve Simon
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Steve Simon @ 2004-10-13  9:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: nu3e, 9fans

I am tempted to have a go, unless Rob or 
Dave has written it already that is... 

-Steve


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* Re: [9fans] g9fs
  2004-10-13  9:08   ` Steve Simon
@ 2004-10-13 10:00     ` Steve Simon
  2004-10-13 10:15       ` Nigel Roles
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Steve Simon @ 2004-10-13 10:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

> I am tempted to have a go, unless Rob or 
> Dave has written it already that is... 
> 
> -Steve

On closer inspection the code that exists was written
by reverse engineering packet snifs, and though this can
be fun, in my experience it is often depressing - 
unpublished protocols being liable to change.

-Steve


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* Re: [9fans] g9fs
  2004-10-13 10:00     ` Steve Simon
@ 2004-10-13 10:15       ` Nigel Roles
  2004-10-13 14:15         ` Steve Simon
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Nigel Roles @ 2004-10-13 10:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs

Steve Simon wrote:

>>I am tempted to have a go, unless Rob or 
>>Dave has written it already that is... 
>>
>>-Steve
>>    
>>
>
>On closer inspection the code that exists was written
>by reverse engineering packet snifs, and though this can
>be fun, in my experience it is often depressing - 
>unpublished protocols being liable to change.
>
>-Steve
>
>  
>
What? You mean those clever chaps at Google aren't providing
a service for freeloaders, and might even have anticipated people
trying to use them as in-network storage? Perish the thought.



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* Re: [9fans] g9fs
  2004-10-13 10:15       ` Nigel Roles
@ 2004-10-13 14:15         ` Steve Simon
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Steve Simon @ 2004-10-13 14:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

> What? You mean those clever chaps at Google aren't providing
> a service for freeloaders, and might even have anticipated people
> trying to use them as in-network storage? Perish the thought.

Interestingly it is not clear what gmail's buisness model will be.

I thought there would be subtle advertising, in a similar vein to
google's search engine, hence the lack of an API pushing
users to use a web browser. Recently however there have been hints
that they may allow pop3 access and then start charging for access.

I would probably pay for a 1Gb of reliable network attached
storage - I am less likely to forget my password than lose
(another) USB key.

secstore held by google... Mmmm

-Steve


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