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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:16:27 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 - the next 20 years
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> But I'll say that if anyone tries to solve these problems today, they
> should not fall into the same trap,  [...]

yes.  forward thinking was just the thing that made multics
what it is today.

it is equally a trap to try to prognosticate too far in advance.
one increases the likelyhood of failure and the chances of being
dead wrong.

- erik