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From: Matthew Hannigan <mlh@zip.com.au>
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Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 23:25:12 +0200
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anothy@cosym.net wrote in part
> ... 
> i've shown plan 9 to a number of non-techie (no CS or non-M$/Mac
> background) people. results have been, on the whole, favorable.
> ...

yes, "shown" -- the power of a demo is rather underestimated.  I learnt
unix from the ref manuals, but I stuck to ed.  vi baffled me. What the
hell is that column of tildes about?!)  But when I saw some fly through
editing jobs it won me over.

I think a little video or even animated gif of someone doing 
something with acme or sam would go a hell of a long way.

Me, I'm stuck with a mouse which refuses to yield any sort
of middle button click, dammit.

-Matt