From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <446493B1.6050301@anvil.com> Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 14:54:57 +0100 From: Dave Lukes User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060420) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] minix the micokernel is back! a slashdot take References: <200605121303.k4CD3gSi004106@skeeve.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 502aea52-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > Plan 9 is monolithic right? From the OED: monolithic: adjective 1 formed of a single large block of stone. 2 massive and uniform or indivisible. Last time I looked plan9 wasn't made out of rocks, and it fails parts 1 and 3 of definition #2. DaveL