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Subject: Re: [9fans] capability-based design (Re: permissions idea)
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
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Date: Fri,  5 Oct 2001 13:12:29 -0400
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> And it is important: it is kind of sterile to develop something as
> labor-intensive as an OS without knowing anything about the economic
> forces that determine how popular the thing will become.

Only if popularity is the primary goal.  All things being equal,
maybe I'd like there to be more Plan 9 users.  But all things
are not equal.  Given the choice between a simple and consistent
system like Plan 9 or a popular system like Windows or Linux,
I'll take Plan 9.

Russ