Skip was being sarcastic? Who knew??? But in answer to Steve's question, the only things I would add to Plan9 are a mail program and Web browser that I can work out how to use even in the trance-like state of supreme enlightenment that can only be achieved when one has consumed far too much gin. Apple Mail & Safari work for me, more's the pity.
On 15 October 2014 09:29, Wes Kussmaul <w...@reliableid.com> wrote: > > Oh, I knew that... > > :( :( :( > > > > On 10/14/2014 04:03 PM, Skip Tavakkolian wrote: > > Wes, i was being sarcastic in my reply to the suggestion that iCloud (or > any iSplat) products should be emulated on Plan 9. > > -Skip > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Wes Kussmaul <w...@reliableid.com> wrote: > >> Skip, why settle for "might even be secure" while using the platform of >> one of the companies that makes a practice of burglarizing your information >> home? >> >> Why not use something like SpiderOak >> https://spideroak.com/?utm_expid=14446725-7.EXfixEIwRZmffqInbsytsg.0 >> >> - which lets you keep and control the encryption keys. >> >> Or perhaps even better, the owners of SpiderOak put out a toolkit called >> Crypton https://crypton.io/ that lets you roll your own. >> >> Wes >> >> >> >> On 10/13/2014 11:08 PM, Skip Tavakkolian wrote: >> >> iCloud! Yes! Let's do that! It might even be secure on Plan 9 :) >> On Oct 13, 2014 8:01 PM, "Winston Kodogo" <kod...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> https://www.apple.com/nz/support/icloud/mail-notes/ >>> >>> Sorry, not a patch as such. >>> >>> >>> On 14 October 2014 15:51, Kurt H Maier <k...@sciops.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Quoting Winston Kodogo <kod...@gmail.com>: >>>> >>>> Much as I love Plan9, only a masochist would use it for email.I agreed >>>>> with >>>>> Carmack as recently as 1997: "I spent a few months running Plan9. It >>>>> has an >>>>> achingly elegent internal structure, but a user interface that has been >>>>> asleep for the past decade." >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> patches welcome >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> -- >> >> Wes Kussmaul >> The Authenticity Institute >> 738 Main Street >> Waltham, MA 02451 >> >> office +1 781 790 1674 >> mobile +1 781 330 1881 >> >> “Try this fruit, and by the way if a bunch of people collectively calling >> themselves Arthur Andersen signs something it’s the same as if a person >> named Arthur Andersen signed it.” >> >> - The Serpent >> >> > > -- > > Wes Kussmaul > The Authenticity Institute > 738 Main Street > Waltham, MA 02451 > > office +1 781 790 1674 > mobile +1 781 330 1881 > > “Try this fruit, and by the way if a bunch of people collectively calling > themselves Arthur Andersen signs something it’s the same as if a person named > Arthur Andersen signed it.” > > - The Serpent > >
