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Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:46:35 +0200
From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
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Subject: Re: [9fans] gcc not an option for Plan9
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> what conditions do you feel gave rise to plan 9 that no longer exist?

Modem speeds below 19200bps?  Reality engines costing as much as
houses and considerably less accessible?  Skill sets in IT
practitioners way above the norm?  Everything that the desktop PC
eventually brought to an end, I suppose.

In a word, elitism, largely earned rather than inherited.  You did
ask!

++L