From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" Message-ID: <3BC3CDC9.E70140C8@null.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20011009131718.C5B2319A2D@mail.cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: Plan 9 annoyances (was: Re: [9fans] mv vs cp) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 08:57:21 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0475b166-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 bwc@borf.com wrote: > >>There is no web browser in Plan 9---and that's got to be a big obstacle. > I have an iMAC for that. One OS doesn't have to do everything. But Plan 9 has been advertised as a superior alternative to the usual developer's interactive computing environment. A good Web browser is another essential tool, these days. Why should one be forced to buy a second computer to do something that ought to be right up the alley of the first one?