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Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:35:49 -0800
From: "ron minnich" <rminnich@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
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On Jan 22, 2008 4:15 AM, Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com> wrote:

>
> why use plan 9 at all?  why not just install linux or freebsd?

because, like it or not, lack of some familiar apps is a barrier to
entry for many, if not most, of the people I show Plan 9 to. That
said,
I would probably draw the line at KDE ... but not at emacs.

ron