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Subject: RE: [9fans] Re: Plan 9 on the desktop?
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From: "Tiit Lankots" <t.lankots@aprote.ee>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:58:42 +0300
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> Does Plan9 support linux binary emulation like open source=20
> BSDs do? If it

One of the raison d'=EAtres of Plan 9 is the _absence_ of such things. =
If you want Linux, use Linux; if you want Plan 9, use Plan 9. Conceptual =
impurity is an evil, and not a necessary one.

P.S. The desktop metaphor is a relict. Actually, it never quite worked, =
but most people don't care to notice. Plan 9 is ahead of it's time by a =
good 30 years (sigh).
P.P.S. To quote Dijksta, "I was pleasantly surprised to find that the =
dictionary description of 'elegant' is 'simple and surprisingly =
effective'."