On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 06:39:42PM -0700, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > Plan 9's "future" is in guiding the UNIX community forward, not in > regressing back to what spawned it in the first place. And I > sincerely hope that doesn't happen by having Plan 9 be adopted > wholesale by the masses, for that would (sooner or later) see the end > of research and innovation for the sake of not breaking all the > currently running apps, which is what caused UNIX to start growing > mold.
Bingo! Personally it is so much easier for me to try out new ideas on Plan9 than it is on Linux or anywhere else. The size of the system and the fact that I can reasonably comprehend its bits and pieces without getting mad makes it an ideal platform for all sorts of innovation. I hope it will remain that way. Thanks, Roman.
