From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 10:10:27 +0100 From: Dick Davies To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] UN to fund linux for the 3rd world Message-ID: <20040902091027.GC23610@lb.tenfour> References: <511d54accff185c881f901dc98ca42c2@vitanuova.com> <200409020324.i823OWJ07848@augusta.math.psu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200409020324.i823OWJ07848@augusta.math.psu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Topicbox-Message-UUID: db661a64-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 * Dan Cross [0924 04:24]: > C H Forsyth writes: > > ah, but the UN is used to never-ending combat zones > > Hey! Oh, wait...nevermind. > > Seriously, though, I can understand why they might not be in a hurry > to push something like Plan 9, but (a) if this is funding new development, > why not pick a technically superior platform? (b) why Linux? Why not > one of the BSD distributions? (c) Can't technology win just this once? Linux admins are two a penny? -- Alas, I am dying beyond my means. -- Oscar Wilde, as he sipped champagne on his deathbed Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns