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Subject: Re: [9fans] A newbie question...
Date: Sun,  3 Feb 2008 02:31:28 -0500
From: john@csplan9.rit.edu
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>> An alternative interpretation is that the facts are skewed by the Bell
>> Labs reality distortion field.  The syllogism goes something like this:
>>
>> All things not made at Bell Labs are bad
>> GNU is not made at Bell Labs
>> Therefore, GNU is bad
>
> if this holds, then
>
> 	plan 9 uses ip, smtp, dns, ntp, ethernet, x86, &c.
> 	these were not invented at bell labs
> 	thus using plan 9 is bad.
>
> - erik

I don't know that x86 qualifies as non-bad.

John