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krmboya on Nov 24, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Revival of Medley/Interlisp

I read in the article that it was possible to virtualize Medley/Interlisp on MS-DOS. If getting ahead means moving from Lisp Machines to MS-DOS then it's questionable what direction things were moving in.

I get annoyed when I read things like the Plan 9 system would seamlessly works across several heterogeneous machines making it feel like one system, yet in 2023 I have jump through hoops to access files on my computer from my phone and vice versa yet both are in the same network

HKH2 on Nov 24, 2023 [–]

> in 2023 I have jump through hoops to access files on my computer from my phone and vice versa yet both are in the same network

Syncthing is pretty good unless you use iOS. Apple products tend to only have interoperability and user freedom because they're forced to.

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