From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
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Subject: Re: [9fans] vmware confused about color depth
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
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Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 12:37:30 -0400
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> XP? Is it just me, or do the colors and "green field background" and
> buttons and such on XP make you think the Teletubbies are going to pop up
> out of some window and start giving you advice on mouse actions?

I like the colors.  Windows hasn't been colorful since 3.1.
95, 98, NT, and 2000 were this drab grey that everyone
now seems to think has to be the way computer interfaces look.

The vibrant colors make it nicer, ever so slightly like Plan 9.