The point is that you can run multiple operating systems, these days, even on the same machine at the same time. There's no need to use the same one for everything.
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:54 AM, John Floren <j...@jfloren.net> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 3:41 PM, L N <leonardne...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> ah, now I see :-) >>> >>> http://www.clipartguide.com/_named_clipart_images/0511-0701-3117-1335_Skeleton_Behind_a_Business_Desk_clipart_image.jpg >>> >>> ron >> >> Maybe. >> >> The web-browser really is a deal-breaker, though. >> >> I really enjoyed reading about Plan 9, first at >> plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/, and later at cat-v.org. >> >> As much as I like the design of Plan 9, I also like surfing the web. >> >> It would be nice to boot Plan 9 natively on AMD-64, type startx, and open a >> browser. >> >> Unfortunately, I'm not at a level where I can really contribute to getting >> Plan 9 to that point. >> >> I think the focus of the Plan 9 community should be just that. >> >> The goal should be a Plan 9 "distro" that runs natively on AMD-64, and can >> open a web-browser. >> >> With the announcement of NIX, maybe we are already at that point? >> >> http://doc.cat-v.org/bell_labs/good_bad_ugly/slides/28 >> >> - Leonard > > I think you have seriously misapprehended many things about Plan 9. > We don't have X. We are not Linux compatible, although there's a > rather decent Linux emulator. There is no GTK, no Qt, no Firefox, no > modern C++ compiler. > > I think it's time for people to stop telling the "Plan 9 community" > what its goals should be, when these people haven't even booted Plan > 9. > > John > >
