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Subject: Re: [9fans] Native vs Emulated
From: Brantley Coile <brantley@coraid.com>
Date: Mon,  7 Mar 2005 10:40:54 -0500
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> for me, the novelty of this wore off real fast.
> a simulation of three computers running three
> different operating systems is no easier to
> use than three actual computers running three
> different operating systems (though it is admittedly
> easier to carry around).  i found that the os-os
> boundaries were really frustrating to keep hopping
> across, with distinct file systems, desktops, snarf
> buffers, etc. attached to each one instead of a
> unified whole.
>
> russ

This was my experience as well.  I decided that multiple machines
glued together with Plan 9 was the easiest for me to deal with.
Multiple machines also removes the requirement for any one to do
everything.

  Brantley