From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:31:02 -0800 From: "Roman V. Shaposhnik" In-reply-to: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-id: <1233095462.22808.318.camel@goose.sun.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <1233094356.22808.295.camel@goose.sun.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] Small program "PlanKey" (paraphrase of DOSKey) Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8a3dee26-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 14:25 -0800, Christopher Nielsen wrote: > > ... I've seen this study and I tend to believe it. But there's a gotcha: > > the kind of work that I and other software engineers do with computers > > is almost orthogonal to what the study was focusing on. I don't believe > > anybody else, but engineers, spend the majority of time dealing with > > text. > > Who do you think Plan 9 was designed for and by? For researches by researches. You have a different explanation? > Maybe you should try using the system without all your preconceived > notions of what should and should not be. I'm using 9vx on a daily basis (and there used to be a certain level of 9term, but it had declined now). I've been using Plan9 in one form or the other since 2000. Do my notions still seem preconceived to you, or can we, please, move on? Thanks, Roman.