On 1/25/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think the point is that people talk a big talk about how great Plan > > 9 is, > > That's 'cos it is. >
It is pretty great. > > but then don't do a damn thing with it. > > Uh, sorry? > > A month or so ago, I sat in a room with a bunch of > like- and unlike-minded people and discussed > everything from linguistics to supercomputing on plan9 and/or inferno. > Yeah, I was there too. It was great. > Lots of people are busy doing various things, damned or otherwise, > with plan9. > I'm currently employed to work on Plan 9 on supercomputers and other things. When I say some people aren't doing a damn thing, I'm not referring to everyone. There are some really cool things being done with Plan 9, but there's also the weekly "Here's an idea for a new filesystem/program what do you think" that never results in any code. I'm just saying that there seem to be more than a few 9fans who love to post and talk on IRC about how great it is, but have yet to do much more than get a tip9ug account and log in a few times. > If by "a damn thing" you really mean "a damned thing that some > particular set of people want", > or "a damn thing that you want", well, that's a different matter. > > > At least, that's how I read it. > > Perception is everything. > > Another point of view: > as has been said before: > plan9 has been failing for 20 years. > That's longer than most. > > DaveL > Actually, Windows, MacOS, UNIX, and VMS have all been failing longer and harder ;) John -- Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
