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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com>
To: 9fans@coraid.com
Subject: Re: [9fans] current bitsy status
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:04:23 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <db9b82d7a3bdd7370157bbcea90b7357@coraid.com> (raw)

> On 7/31/07, maht <mattmobile@proweb.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > It's not plan9's fault though I think, I've never found much use for a
> > PDA esp. when my phone does most of the PIM functions.
> 
> do a greenphone or openmoko port? bitsy is so old, it's moldy.
> 
> ron

as one who works with pee cees, i'll refrain from calling the
bitsy "old." ☺

"old" is a pervasive epithet with computer platforms
and sw, but i'm not sure it addresses any of the reasons
some bits are better than others.

- erik


             reply	other threads:[~2007-07-31 19:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-31 19:04 erik quanstrom [this message]
2007-07-31 20:17 ` ron minnich
2007-07-31 21:52   ` erik quanstrom
2007-08-01 10:42     ` C H Forsyth
2007-08-01 19:07       ` Kris Maglione
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-07-30 20:43 john
2007-07-31 14:45 ` maht
2007-07-31 16:25   ` ron minnich

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