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Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:42:33 -0700
From: Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] sad commentary
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> Plan 9 neither fulfills
> previous functions nor defines new ones for any "end user" or even
> "hobbyist," except perhaps the most sturdy of them.

this blog-style opinion piece does not offer anything constructive.
for example, would utf-8 qualify as a functionality that didn't exist
before plan9?

there are many plan9 ideas that have been adopted by other os --
though the results often are Frankenstein-esque.

> Eris Discordia
>
> P.S. Heck, this "is" some sad commentary.

what's sad is that unless there's a dummy's guide to
something, that something is not considered a success.

-Skip