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Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:48:10 -0700
From: "Rob Pike" <robpike@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] sad commentary
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    The fact the UTF-8 was first "implemented" on Plan 9 has nothing
to do with Plan 9's funtionality as an OS.
Not true. The ability to adapt the system quickly in response to a
changing standards situation made a critical difference in having
UTF-8 rather than a weaker proposal accepted by X/Open and hence ISO.

    The question is what new function Plan 9, as an OS, defines for
the end user.
Plan 9 is not for end users.  Plan 9 is for programmers.

-rob