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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:04:21 +0100
From: Nigel Roles <nigel@9fs.org>
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Generic Plan 9 to Linux video api shim.
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Caerwyn B Jones wrote:

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>>I believe my friend was refering along the lines of creating an
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>This has already been done for Inferno. The "shim" is called Linux ;)
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Quite. VMware is another example.