erik wrote:

> it's interesting to compare this with the sleezy not-paths
> that e.g. gnome programs can take, like uris.  great as long
> as long as you don't care to use anything but gnome tools.

i had that debate with a kde-loving linux admin. i had been explaining
why plan 9 was interesting or significant, and he countered with the
kde example. i was marginally impressed by the number of protocols
they handled, but when i asked how you'd use it with cat and friends,
he said "no, just use kate".

i reeled, stuttered, tried to get out something that sounded like
"layering violation", and ran away. it wasn't even a cost/benefit
argument; there wasn't any recognition of the costs.