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Date: Wed,  7 Jun 2006 13:26:43 -0700
From: Roman Shaposhnick <rvs@sun.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] gcc on plan9
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On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 02:16:14PM -0600, Ronald G Minnich wrote:
> Corey wrote:
> 
> >I really appreciate plan 9's focus, and agree that it should be maintained.
> >The whole point of this idea I'm toying with is to ditch the cruft and
> >luggage of today's linux-based os's.
> >
> >
> 
> Me, I want more Plan 9 users. It's a great kernel, but it's going to 
> continue to fall behind if we don't get more people on it.

  Once again: I hope I was able to make my point clear that I'm not
  against the idea in general, but rather I'm very cautios about
  the way it can go.

  That said, however, I feel pretty strong about one thing -- if by
  "getting more people on it" we are going to end up with a Linux-looking
  GNU-based beast that takes a mental asylum patient to support and maintain
  then I urge you to reconsider. If they want Linux they know where to
  find it.

Thanks,
Roman.

P.S. Unfortunately, that's exactly what is going on with Linux desktop
these days. People are hungry for Windows/MacOS but without a license fee.
That in turn twists core UNIX technology so much that you can't recognize
it anymore. Which is a shame... :-(