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From: Chris Humphries <chris@unixfu.net>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Systems Software Research is Irrelevant
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 07:51:35 -0400
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Bj�rn Persson wrote:
> Rob Pike wrote:
> 
>> The Web has dominated how systems present and use information: 
> 
>  > the model is forced interaction; the user must go get it. Let's
>  > go back to having the data come to the user instead.
> 
> Huh? Did he suggest to replace the Web with spam?! Or TV??
> 

I think the point is that it hasn't even been thought of.
Of course it not being offensive to the user would be a
primary concern. I do not know of any geek that would
advocate spam.