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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:36:08 +0200
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] off-topic: why linux lost the desktop
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On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 10:05:08PM +0200, Christoph Lohmann wrote:
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> The question is rather: What killed the Plan 9 desktop?
>

Having forgotten that a market for a sensible solution is a niche
market. Only stupidity and lack of reflexion can replace the "what do
I need" with "i don't know what I need ; so what everybody has is
obviously what I do need", hence a mass market (the Panurge's sheeps).

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