From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:26:44 +0200 To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] writing code References: From: "Tiit Lankots" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=iso-8859-15 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera M2/7.54 (Win32, build 3865) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Topicbox-Message-UUID: 114b4e4a-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 >> i'd like to see the distinction between cpu server and terminal >> disappear. > > Then, what is the difference between your new scheme and the > present day unix scheme? > > I don't really understand your motivation to make it real... > You mean all of direct democracy? Complete hegemony, for one. When every terminal is a (potential) cpu server - depending on its owner's whim - there will be a plethora of resources, just waiting to be used. It's somewhat like what P2P is to FTP.