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From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
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Subject: [9fans] why plan 9 is cool
Date: Fri,  5 Oct 2001 10:00:17 -0400
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http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/pppoe.c

i just got dsl.

under windows, there's an hour-long installation
process during which you get about four layered
network drivers installed into your system.
and every time i log on i have to hear james
earl jones welcome me to verizon.

under plan 9, you do ip/pppoe -s user:pass
and you're done.

it took me just as long to install the windows
software as it did to write the plan 9 software.

russ