The long view of history may tell a different story, but in 2003 it looks like Plan 9 failed simply because it fell short of being a compelling enough improvement on Unix to displace its ancestor. Compared to Plan 9, Unix creaks and clanks and has obvious rust spots, but it gets the job done well enough to hold its position. There is a lesson here for ambitious system architects: the most dangerous enemy of a better solution is an existing codebase that is just good enough.
Raymond predicted subsumation as legacy:
It may well be that over time, much more of Plan 9 will work its way into Unix as various portions of Unix's architecture slide into senescence. This is one possible line of development for Unix's future.
I wouldn't call these a ringing endorsement of envy.
No, it isn't. Wayland is a toy for people who play. X11 is a tool for people who work.
The concept of work is relative. See below.
Won't be long now before your your favorite DE's will only be available on Wayland, and be missing features because of it.
That doesn't concern me at all personallyβand if I wore your temperament on my sleeve, DEs should get the fuck away from X11 altogether.
My use case requirements have never involved DEs, and if I ever want to flirt with that kind of casual experience it may as well be with new boobs like Wayland.
I could huff "get off my lawn" just as hard as any other, but why? Let people choose whatever they want.
It does not FULLY replace X11 functionality, and they have no intent to fix that.
No kidding. That's the entire mission statement of Wayland.
Why go backwards and break what works for our daily jobs?
Nothing is stopping you from using X11 outside of company policy, which is an entirely different problem.
It fucking moronic.
No it's not.
I'm a longtime user of X11 and vastly prefer it for what I do, but I'm not going to force the opinion of my preference on others with different use case requirements.
I said I would leave my just-turned 15-year-old account after June 30th, received a lot of fomo jibe, and have only been back when I've needed to update the social links of my profile with new Fediverse replacement accounts.
Eric S. Raymond carved Plan 9's headstone 20 years ago:
Raymond predicted subsumation as legacy:
I wouldn't call these a ringing endorsement of envy.