When we look back, from a Plan 9 user perspective, we crumble in agony
just to realise we have been slaves/dominated by pop tech all these
years.
Who is this "we" of which you speak?
Certainly, not a direct response to Christopher. :)
I aimed to the people, of whom, by using GCC, enter Plan 9 dimension and
seem to have this compulsory impetus to carry their pop tech on their
backs.
Furthermore, by refering to Rob's statement, I was aiming to the
very essence (and consequence) of bringing that pop tech into Plan 9.
Why spend energy to support existing standards; forget innovation; forget
the propper way to implement/design/use (because we must be "standard";...?
Browsers, flash...? Is that all there is to it? Can there be nothing else?
Can there be no evasion to the complexity of old systems and invent,
perhaps,
a new interface? Is "WEB 2.0" (HTML 5, etc.) the best thing we can have
today?
What about tomorrow? Why should *anyone* focus on "re-deploying" popular
technology instead of using Plan 9 to "Make industry want" something else?
