From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: Diego Calleja Message-ID: <20040420204032.12a9eac7.diegocg-yoquetuquitabaesto-@teleline.es> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: <81132473206F3A46A72BD6116E1A06AE05618B@black.aprote.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: Plan 9 on the desktop? Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 09:02:20 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 65b95dc6-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 El Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:59:26 GMT t.lankots@aprote.ee (Tiit Lankots) escribi= =F3: > One of the raison d'=EAtres of Plan 9 is the _absence_ of such things. If= you want Linux, use Linux; if you want Plan 9, use Plan 9. Conceptual impu= rity is an evil, and not a necessary one. heh, good answer :) > P.S. The desktop metaphor is a relict. Actually, it never quite worked, b= ut most people don't care to notice. Plan 9 is ahead of it's time by a good= 30 years (sigh). Plan9 is not ahead of anything. It's most of the world who is 30 years behi= nd.