This passage seems to me to speak to the minimal spirit in Plan 9.

"... the best choice of software is often no software -- and barring that,
as little software as you can possibly get away with, and even then, only
from the most reputable and reliable sources."


http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001289.html


I'd add that you need a way to combine what little you have with other
little bits, to build up a new, custom tool that does what you want at this
moment.

I like the part about bluescreening the city block, but hope we're past the
point where anyone would seriously think of wiring Windows that deeply into
the fabric of our real-world systems.  I like to think Vista broke the
upgrade spell, and remote computing will anyway make desktop OS choice
mostly irrelevant.

Which brings me to repeat a question about Plan9, from another thread: if
there is no real browser for the platform, how will Plan 9 participate in
the "cloud computing" (r)evolution?  I suppose it would be enough to have a
Chromium port, if Chrome and the Chrome OS gain traction.

Jason Catena