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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 09:30:54 +0100
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On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:05:08PM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote:
> plan 9, an operating system for people who never change their minds 
> or have new ideas.

(I almost ignored this as a troll)

Just to be explicit:
* The _old_ idea here is *being* able to rename directories.
* The _new_ idea here is *not being* able to rename directories.

Also, I have yet to see anyone explain *why* moving directories around
is such a big win.  All I hear is
"Well, I can do it on this other system ...".

As I said
> > Plan9's ability to present a flexible view of the file system
> > probably obviates most reasons to want to shuffle directories around. 

Cheers,
	Dave.