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by enneff
4278 days ago
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He wasn't just talking about Plan 9. Rob was part of the generation that built Unix, and at that time operating systems research was an exciting frontier of new developments. Today, and at the time this talk was given, operating systems research is a stagnant, niche pursuit. |
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All that effort has shifted over to the browser and the web as a platform on every device. What's the point of putting such a large effort into a complicated, multi-tasking and multi-user desktop operating system if it spends 90% of its time running a browser for one user?