> I myself only just now figured out how to edit the wiki (thanks Uriel), > weird how you can't edit it from an Internet browser ?!
I think this answers Bill Hacker's question, and many others rather neatly: > Guess the 'bigger question' - taking just the 'symptoms' [1] - is why, > presuming the concepts (Plan9, and any/all 'sputniks') have value [2], > it/they > is/are not in broader use already. You need to have a modicum of dedication not only to appreciate Plan 9, but even to use it. Call it obsession if you prefer. That is not what Microsoft has been pushing; on the contrary, they are targeting as wide a market as they can embrace, while at least some of the ethos in Plan 9 is not to allow the dilution of craftmanship (I would use "art", but that has a taint of its own) that is fundamental to Plan 9. Look at Linux for another example: UBUNTU is very cool as a commodity operating system, but under the hood it is very awkward to customise and maintain; Plan 9 is consistent in this respect, and easy once you grasp its intrinsically simple nature. Just because a browser is too big a task to be undertaken by the community, does not mean it can't be done. It merely means that the community is not focused in that direction, and, of course, Abaco proves my point by being the exception that confirms the rule. ++L
