>  Put me in front of VMS and I start to hurl. To me, the interface is  
>  rebarbative.
>  
>  Put a VMS user in front of a UNIX terminal and they will hurl.  To  
>  them, anything that lacks logicals is untenable.
>  
>  How many of you enjoy the music your kids listen to?  Your parents  
>  listen to?  I'm confidant the number of hands that go up in this  
>  crowd will be significantly higher than in a same-sized sample of  
>  general computer users.  The Plan 9 community self-selects for a very  
>  open mind set.  As much of the elegance of Plan 9 derives from its  
>  user community as derives from the code.  Catering to the masses will  
>  drive away that community, ensuring the death of the code base.
>  
>  --lyndon

I do agree 100%
maybe you'll flame me, bu i think plan9 is NOT for masses
(that's why some Bill's and Steve's customers begin to boil in their own sauce.. i just met some very disappointed buyers of win vista)]
however, p9 might be just fine for technicians/scientists/etc.. (like me) who want to squeeze maximum from their ol' box, and rather upset by 'bells-and-whistles' instead of being impressed,
just IMHO, as usually,

++pac