On Friday, May 06, 2011 03:32:26 PM Comeau At9Fans wrote: > How does this change things literally, conceptually and philosophically? > Consider this question across the board, for instance, can Plan 9 handle > it (whatever that means)? How does it change Plan 9's future? What I'm > getting at is that I'm hearing things about it being a research OS, so what > would it mean for a research OS to have a full fledged browser available > for it? >
A veneer of html + css + javascript over the intrinsically distributed foundations of Plan 9, would provide the bridge for an entire class of use-cases currently out of reach: When friends and family can comfortably use it, for activities other than data-archival, then I can deploy it for uses beyond my own limited, personal learning projects. The benefit I intend to receive for this is the freedom to enjoy Plan 9 more often, while reducing linux dependency, and reducing overall costs: both in hardware requirements, and in maintenance time/effort. On Sunday, May 01, 2011 09:09:06 PM errno wrote: > The idea is to remove the "middle-man". On Friday, May 06, 2011 12:08:04 AM errno wrote: > Do you not think it's possible or worthwhile to have a great(er) desktop > (or consumer-oriented embedded device) experience built atop Plan 9? > > Or the idea of a home network where I have one cpu/auth server, one file > server and a number of super cheap thin-clients providing a modern > web interface and shared data for friends, guests and family. > > I'm tired of maintaining everyone's computers in my house on an ad-hoc > basis; and I think I could deploy a higher performing, more maintainable, > but overall cheaper network with Plan 9. But I can hardly expect visitors > and family to run acme and abaco.
