From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] one reason ideas from Plan 9 didn't catch on
From: anothy@cosym.net
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Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 12:06:34 -0500
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// It's hard to make people "get" private name spaces for some reason.
// At least it's hard for me to make people get it.

hey, don't feel bad. by now i've probably tried to explain Plan 9 and/or
Inferno directly to hundreds of people, and i find that to be the toughest
single concept, as well. virtual machines, Styx/9P, Limbo, device
control via read/write (no ioctl), and others people seem to get with no
problem, but by far the majority of people i've explained it to get stuck,
at least for a while, on private namespaces. the largest single sticking
point in the system.

well, that and how the arrow keys work.
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