From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
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Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 07:52:51 -0400
From: a@9srv.net
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] New OS
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// I am using window98...

oh, boy.

// I have been certified by MCSA...

ohboy.

// ...so know quite a lot about OS...

wow. whoa.

// Which is better: linix or plan9?

both and neither. next question?

i'm sorry, i'm not normally one to either pick on stuff like this nor
feed the trolls, but the number of faulty assumptions densely packed
into this mail is truely impressive. being a certified MCSA doesn't
mean you know much about any operating system, even MS ones. knowing
much about one OS (especially MS ones) does not translate into
knowing much of anything about OSs generally (although it does help
to have an example of what your're talking about, true). knowing a
lot about operating systems generally does not translate into it
being easy to pick up a new OS.

and most importantly: there is no "better".

if you want web browsers, spreadsheets, mpeg playback, and/or lots
of dancing balogna, you almost certainly want linux. if you want a
lesson in clean design, a study in software or OS design, a sane
environment for systems work, or just a fresh way of doing things
(and the afforementioned stuff isn't so important), look to plan9.

// I did not get early the london conference data...

speaking of, what conference data *is* there, really? beyond the
"show up, talk, eat, drink" type schedule posted earlier, do we
have anything resembling an agenda or list of topics?


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