From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 11:43:31 -0400 From: jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] quantity vs. quality In-Reply-To: <3e1162e60606080829w5d85b5c7t5bcb3a9571d0d9dc@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 61676908-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Thu Jun 8 11:30:43 EDT 2006, leimy2k@gmail.com wrote: > ... > Why not just run Plan 9 as the guest for that matter. I do that with > parallels. It's no worse than using VNC to alleviate the pain of not > having a web browser is it? Except I don't need VNC to do the work. > > I think I'd be happy with this. I don't see any compelling reasons > these days to load Plan 9 anywhere but in a virtualized environment > really (for my use). > > Ron has a very specific need and I wish him luck. > ... "There is no problem in computer science that cannot be solved by another level of indirection." - except performance. Last week I listened to many talks which wanted to fix the problem of porting code to supercomputers by adding virtualisation because, well, Ken, device drivers are hard so let's just go to the mall. Ron's needs are what are not so indirectly paying for keeping plan9.bell-labs.com alive.