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From: Ozan S. Yigit oz@sis.yorku.ca
Subject: porting unix progs to plan9
Date: Tue,  6 Jul 1993 00:48:22 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19930706044822.cgC1Dhvmhe4j--Bd_7N8j9cVD_X3Shv6zVKilfmsfiI@z> (raw)

>2.  For those areas where there IS a definite hole (e.g.  news reader),
>writing new applications seems a much better idea...

I entirely agree with this: I detest all newsreaders: they are cramped,
monolithic pieces of cybercrud that make vms utilities look simple and
elegant.

There needs to be a better way to do news, both on an average un*x and
on plan 9.

oz




             reply	other threads:[~1993-07-06  4:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1993-07-06  4:48 Ozan [this message]
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1993-07-06 11:31 Gary
1993-07-06  3:23 Gary

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