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From: Charles Forsyth <forsyth@terzarima.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:29:02 +0000
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Subject: RE: [9fans] interesting potential targets for plan 9 and/or inferno
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	It would be a lot easier to accept the lesser functionality required
	... if it were ever going to be improved, but I honestly don't believe it ever will be.

	I've been using it on the desktop for nearly 10 years now, and
	while it's come a long way, it's still nowhere near where it should be
	considering the amount of time and effort that has been spent on it.
	In many cases, I'm still seeing the same arguments that I saw 2 years
	ago, and 2 years before that.  Hardware support has improved, but in
	the main areas where we need free drivers, the options are still
	limited (networking and video).

	Without the cooperation of the hardware vendors, the current situation
	will never change.  Without a change in the mindset surrounding
	interface design (we need psychologists for this more than we need
	programmers) it will still be just that little bit too much more
	complex for the average end user.

i changed some of the nouns to pronouns. that was someone writing about Linux a few days ago.