Patrick Kelly <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 30, 2010, at 14:23, Jack Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Patrick Kelly >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Read up on why Plan 9 was written. We've been succeeding for 20 >>> years so >>> far. >> >> I think this is an interesting comment in light of the evolution >> thread. Most people (incorrectly) equate evolution with progress. >> Whether or not other more popular OSes are evidence of progress, it's >> interesting to consider the idea of success. The millipede has been >> around with relatively few upgrades for the past 420 billion years or >> so. It would be hard to call it unsuccessful, even though it can't >> (yet?) effectively run, jump, or fly. > I think the millipede can run, may be that's just the centipede. Both > are rediculously well adapted, yet haven't really advanced. What it does is definitely effective, but it's not much like running, more like swimming with a hundred or so lightly coordinated arms. Bill > This analogy is worth of a beer. +1 >> -Jack
