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Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 10:24:29 +0200
From: Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Mash
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In-Reply-To: <20000718101853.M2260@cackle.proxima.alt.za>; from Lucio De Re on Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 10:18:53AM +0200
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Oh, dear!  Caught by the Reply-to :-) :-) :-)

On Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 10:18:53AM +0200, Lucio De Re wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 08:42:33AM +0000, forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk wrote:
> > 
> > >>I seem to recall the original Inferno shell being quite limited.  The 
> > >>new man pages are encouraging :-)
> > 
> > it's still there as tiny/sh, because on small devices a simple command interpreter
> > is useful for maintenance but one might begrudge the extra flash and memory
> > that plumper shells consume.
> 
> Depends, I guess.  The 8K AVR device I'm toying with isn't likely to
> run any shells at all :-(  More's the pity.
> 
> BTW, I just accessed Vita Nuova's web site for the first time since the
> Plan 9 release (I must have missed an announcement about Inferno in the
> excitement) and my impressions are that it is very striking.
> 
> USD 300 is around SAR 2200, just around UKP 200, I think.  I'm starting
> to save right now :-)
> 
> More seriously, can I get some encouragement from Vita Nuova to support
> your products in South Africa?  No need for any form of exclusivity,
> it may suffice to let interested parties know that they can approach me
> for assistance.
> 
> ++L

<blush>