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In-Reply-To: <442ABA98.1010302@comtv.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060328181558.77B4629574@mail.bitblocks.com> <2afc30c8b36e542ca0a16fc6f4e4c1a3@plan9.bell-labs.com> <283f5df10603281052n683bb0c6hac604bcb27c59261@mail.gmail.com> <44298B44.3010909@comtv.ru> <442ABA98.1010302@comtv.ru> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: 9fans-bounces+benavento=gmail.com@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-bounces+benavento=gmail.com@cse.psu.edu > There is no offense for linux to start as a terminal emulator. > And Linus confirms that. And this fact doesn't contradict with > your point (" wanting to try out the protected mode features > of his spiffy new '386, which I assume that minix didn't support"). > Why do you want to reject this terminal emulator origins? I don't want to reject it, it just sounds like a bit of a slam, since I generally don't hear much good about linux on lists such as this.=20 Without linux I wouldn't have ever had a chance to really learn unix, would have never had a reason to check out plan9 and even have an iota of understanding about why it's such a great evolution over the original unix. I know linux isn't the best but it sure gets picked on a lot, especially around these groups. Us kids (well, I'm 31 today, but I still feel like a kid around these circles) never got to grow up with unix and linux let us learn, so it still has a place near my heart, warts, cancerous growths and all ;-) -- burton samograd kruhft@gmail= .com kruhft.blogspot.com www.myspace.com/kruhft metashell.blogspot.com --upas-eygjnlvclkppzdewhcocmzkjxp--