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Subject: Re: [9fans] Second class citizenship (Was: writing code)
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 06:34:54 +0200
From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
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> you're missing the cases where for non-technical reasons you need to use a
> laptop but it CAN NOT be connected to any network for, say, the time you
> are in a certain building or at a certain site.

But my point was that this is an artefact of current trends, not a
necessary condition.  It's not as if laptops have always been part of
the computing landscape.  If it's data you want, a USB drive is
usually adequate, if it's computing cycles, you ought to be platform
agnostic the way Plan 9 is.

And, yes, I accept that the above is simplistic, but I submit it's not
unrealistic.

++L