From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:48:42 -0200 From: "Iruata Souza" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] 8c "out of fixed registers" In-Reply-To: <3e1162e60711200839w63e1ee90w2b64a6d4622d84de@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <093f2bfe7a9087598e2cc59c5c242eaa@terzarima.net> <4741DA7C.6040304@gmail.com> <5d375e920711191238x729e41aeq1a452c4b5b3c0d4c@mail.gmail.com> <336C9C21-9FCE-4BFC-BDCC-5E22F0946440@mac.com> <3e1162e60711200839w63e1ee90w2b64a6d4622d84de@mail.gmail.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 02da27de-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Nov 20, 2007 2:39 PM, David Leimbach wrote: > It's not needed in the sense that no one needs to add more complexity > to their lives or their work flow. It is needed in the sense that the > way people decide to do their work involves having to use things like > Windows and Outlook and Word, and web pages. > > Sometimes I miss gopher... a lot. > > Dave > exactly. if you need to use something, complex or not, you can't say it's not needed. so if you need to use some tool and it's complex AND you want to use it under Plan 9, them that complexity is still needed. I myself see a big difference between wanting and needing. iru