> Vidi also seems to be an attempt to make Venti work in such a dynamic > environment. IMHO, the assumption that computers are always connected > to the network was a fundamental mistake in Plan 9
on the other hand, without this assumption, we would not have 9p. it was a real innovation to dispense with underpowered workstations with full adminstrative burdens. i think it is anachronistic to consider the type of mobile devices we have today. in 1990 i knew exactly 0 people with a cell phone. i had a toshiba orange screen laptop from work, but in those days a 9600 baud vt100 was still a step up. ah, the good old days. none of this is do detract from the obviously good idea of being able to carry around a working set and sync up with the main server later without some revision control junk. in fact, i was excited to learn about fossil — i was under the impression from reading the paper that that's how it worked. speaking of vidi, do the vidi authors have an update on their work? i'd really like to hear how it is working out. - erik
