From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:13:42 +0000 From: William Cowan Message-ID: References: <6e35c0621003301123x40df00ean151936512015bd8e@mail.gmail.com>, <4DBFE3E8-B16C-47C5-867F-A066C16EBD6C@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan ? Topicbox-Message-UUID: fb5243c2-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Patrick Kelly wrote: > On Mar 30, 2010, at 14:23, Jack Johnson wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Patrick Kelly >> wrote: >>> Read up on why Plan 9 was written. We've been succeeding for 20 >>> years so >>> far. >> >> I think this is an interesting comment in light of the evolution >> thread. Most people (incorrectly) equate evolution with progress. >> Whether or not other more popular OSes are evidence of progress, it's >> interesting to consider the idea of success. The millipede has been >> around with relatively few upgrades for the past 420 billion years or >> so. It would be hard to call it unsuccessful, even though it can't >> (yet?) effectively run, jump, or fly. > I think the millipede can run, may be that's just the centipede. Both > are rediculously well adapted, yet haven't really advanced. What it does is definitely effective, but it's not much like running, more like swimming with a hundred or so lightly coordinated arms. Bill > This analogy is worth of a beer. +1 >> -Jack