plan9 = sr host os?, unix-like from bell labs Options

[hobgoblin]

i was reading up on the abilitys of this os and i hit me that it would work nicely as a way of explaining some of the abilitys of a host.

the thing was that like any unix it would list hardware as a file. but it had the ability to merge local directorys with external mounts for the same area so that you could say mount the hardware list of a external computer into the list of your local computer and from one place admin and access the combined list.

hell, even the diffrent processes running on the diffrent machines where represented by file and directory trees. or for that matter the windows on a desktop.

so basicly when a user logs in to a host what he logs into is a frontend system where the resouces of the whole network is mounted and can be accessed and controled.

then you nail a 3d gui on top of that and presto :P