From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: Jonadab the Unsightly One Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <20011102172614.8CF92199B9@mail.cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 16:49:02 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 148a9242-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com (Russ Cox) writes: > Our lack of USB support is the real problem here. I wish... USB? Just say no. We have a handful of iMacs at work, so I have worked with USB a little, and I can tell you, it's a *lot* more trouble than it's worth -- to the user, to the administrator, and (judging from the level of support it has in various operating systems) to the implementor as well. When USB is replaced by the next fad, people will still be using PS/2 keyboards and serial-port modems. (Parallel port printers we'll probably replace sooner or later with network printers, however, as more households get second and third computers, like happened with cars and phones and televisions.)