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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] design clairvoyance & the 9 way
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 May 2003 13:34:39 PDT."
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From: Dan Cross <cross@math.psu.edu>
Date: Thu,  8 May 2003 13:04:54 -0400
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> > Ken and Rob thought up the idea of building everything around a
> > single file system protocol.
>
> This particular post of Dave's explains the whole plan9 effort in a
> simpler and more succinct way than I've seen before. (Not that I've
> read every description of why plan9 was undertaken.)
>
> If I haven't missed a better one, I think we should put it in the FAQ.

I think it's a fine candidate for inclusion in the FAQ, but do want
to point out that it's very similar to the Motivation section of the
Plan 9 overview paper.  Granted, Dave's being a lot more informal on
the mailing list.

	- Dan C.