From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) From: "Federico G. Benavento" In-Reply-To: <20130128142437.GA56383@intma.in> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:12:04 -0300 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <20130128142437.GA56383@intma.in> To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] Why should I invest[tigate] plan9? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0f52d3f8-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 I thought it was an MVS reincarnation=85 On Jan 28, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Kurt H Maier wrote: > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:13:28AM +0000, Unknown wrote: >> My route here was: when my ISP said I'd have to buy W95, because Win3=20= >> wasn't good enough any more, I said screw-you and found linux and = ETHO=20 >> [the single fd0, full OS & inet suite]. >=20 > Let me start out by saying I love this message. I thought fakeposting > had died, but clearly there are still some practitioners out there. > Here are a few hints: >=20 > - Nobody's ISP tells them what OS to run, even back in 1995. This > excessive detail deprives your message of the credibility it deserves. >=20 > - dog@gmail.com is not valid -- gmail requires at least six characters > in the username field; you had to know someone would notice this. = Next > time, register a better throwaway address. Mailinator has lots of > legit-sounding domains to choose from. >=20 > - The message seems to have shot its whole magazine in the first > engagement. Spread it out over a few more messages, so people get > engaged in the discussion before they realize it's a fakepost. >=20 > Don't get discouraged! This is good work, and with practice, you'll = be > tearing up mailing lists for years to come. >=20 > Thanks, > Kurt >=20 --- Federico G. Benavento benavento@gmail.com