From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3947AEC0.7838054B@mail.usask.ca> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 10:11:44 -0600 From: Andrey Mirtchovski MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Morning Quickies: nontechnical] References: <3947A918.E722A647@yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: bc5fc980-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 "James G. Stallings II" wrote: > John Carmack called Plan 9 "achingly beautiful". I tend to agree; in > spite of it's almost harsh austerity in certain places, there is so much > about it that is just "Right" as to make it irresistable. Who the hell > is John Carmack anyway? His name sounds very familiar. The chief of IDsoftware, the creator of Wolfenstein, Doom and Quake series. He's been known to be a genius in his field (graphics), at least among gamers... Anyway.. my $0.02