From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:54:22 -0400 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <8ebc37060e76b6ffcb047cdb6f3c0d26@kw.quanstro.net> In-Reply-To: <201210180731.q9I7VFiR011300@freefriends.org> References: <201210171949.q9HJnfon003990@skeeve.com> <20121017200938.198DB12BB12E@r-36.net> <108cc49f0db0ffc6d5f6fa4c40a443ac@kw.quanstro.net> <201210180731.q9I7VFiR011300@freefriends.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] off-topic: why linux lost the desktop Topicbox-Message-UUID: bf778d88-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > erik quanstrom wrote: > > > > The question is rather: What killed the Plan 9 desktop? > > > > poor special effects? > > > > - erik > > The Plan 9 desktop was never aimed at the consumer market, which is [...] that was supposed to be a switcheroo, not a comment on plan 9 graphics or the importance of graphics. sorry. - erik