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From: "boyd, rounin" <boyd@insultant.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Virtual PC 6 PCI device probe failure
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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 22:49:19 +0200
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> I disagree with the portability argument. FreeBSD boots on every PC I
> have, including VPC. Plan9 doesn't boot on VPC.

yes this is the 'army of programmers' argument -- it just doesn't hold up.

sure, if you spend enough time and effort you'll be able to boot off every
known piece of horrible PC hardware on the face of the planet and that
quickly leads to the 2M SLOC which is the linix kernel.