From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 10:39:25 -1000 From: Tim Newsham To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] UN to fund linux for the 3rd world In-Reply-To: <013d01c4904d$80ff19e0$79fa7d50@SOMA> Message-ID: References: <00fe01c49032$d475a1e0$79fa7d50@SOMA> <6e35c06204090110577bdcd3ea@mail.gmail.com> <013d01c4904d$80ff19e0$79fa7d50@SOMA> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Topicbox-Message-UUID: dac6980e-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > > Helping destitute nations become self-supportive is a good thing, and > > I think open source, royalty- and license-fee-free software is a good > > foundation for building an infrastructure. > > oh i agree, but plan 9 would have been the right choice. You're saying that plan 9 in its current state is the best choice for end users in govt, business and personal use in third world countries? Plan 9 is a great system by programmers for programmers, but it is hardly ready for prime time. Choosing linux, on the other hand, gives them something that they can use right now. > they're still getting 20 year old junk after all. Linux has a lot of features in it that werent around in 1984. Tim N.