From: forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: Plan 9 annoyances (was: Re: [9fans] mv vs cp)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 11:50:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011010104708.6850A19A5B@mail.cse.psu.edu> (raw)
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it's actually a feature in practice! by not providing a web browser, plan 9 tried
to ensure that developers, rather than surfing the web, have plenty of
free time left to implement something new, or complain about web browsers.
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From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: Plan 9 annoyances (was: Re: [9fans] mv vs cp)
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 08:57:21 GMT
Message-ID: <3BC3CDC9.E70140C8@null.net>
bwc@borf.com wrote:
> >>There is no web browser in Plan 9---and that's got to be a big obstacle.
> I have an iMAC for that. One OS doesn't have to do everything.
But Plan 9 has been advertised as a superior alternative to the
usual developer's interactive computing environment. A good Web
browser is another essential tool, these days. Why should one
be forced to buy a second computer to do something that ought to
be right up the alley of the first one?
next reply other threads:[~2001-10-10 10:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-10 10:50 forsyth [this message]
2001-10-10 13:06 ` Sam Hopkins
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2001-10-16 19:46 forsyth
2001-10-15 18:36 David Gordon Hogan
2001-10-15 14:45 presotto
2001-10-11 15:17 forsyth
2001-10-11 19:29 ` Micah Stetson
2001-10-11 12:21 bwc
2001-10-11 11:20 forsyth
2001-10-12 9:23 ` pac
2001-10-10 10:45 forsyth
2001-10-09 17:08 forsyth
2001-10-10 8:56 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-10-10 9:55 ` Mike Haertel
2001-10-10 10:09 ` Lucio De Re
2001-10-11 9:10 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-10-09 16:55 anothy
2001-10-09 15:23 anothy
2001-10-09 14:56 anothy
2001-10-09 13:18 bwc
2001-10-10 8:57 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-10-09 10:55 rog
2001-10-09 11:50 ` George Michaelson
2001-10-09 10:12 forsyth
2001-10-09 16:18 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-10-08 21:24 Russ Cox
2001-10-08 21:21 rog
2001-10-08 20:17 Russ Cox
2001-10-14 19:54 ` Mike Haertel
2001-10-15 6:46 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-10-15 8:30 ` Mike Haertel
2001-10-08 16:51 anothy
2001-10-09 9:04 ` Thomas Bushnell, BSG
2001-10-09 9:04 ` Ralph Corderoy
2001-10-10 8:56 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-10-08 6:27 [9fans] mv vs cp Lucio De Re
2001-10-08 8:38 ` Plan 9 annoyances (was: Re: [9fans] mv vs cp) Mike Haertel
2001-10-08 9:08 ` Lucio De Re
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