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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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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?
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