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From: Borja Marcos <borjamar@sarenet.es>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9
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Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 15:47:51 +0200
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On Thursday 25 October 2001 14:45, you wrote:
> only possible, it's the basic principle of the system.  It's just like
> the good old timesharing days: our machines are *terminals* to a large

=09Well, not just the typical dumb terminals. I really liked the "network=
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computer" model implemented in Plan 9 and Inferno. It is a pity that=20
broadband home networks have not reached lots of people, and the marketin=
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FUD killed the idea (commercially).


=09Borja.