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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] interesting potential targets for plan 9 and/or inferno
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:33:22 +0200
From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
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> I think the root of the bias against rio is that it isn't "pretty". I
> was joking when I talked about gradients and rounded corners, but I'm
> willing to bet that if rio did have cute windows, anti-aliased fonts
> and little whirry 3d doo dads that a lot of the complaints about it
> would disappear.

But that is all computing time that could be better spent elsewhere.
Who actually wants their machine to run no faster than a 4.7MHz IBM
PC-Clone, albeit a very snazzy looking one?

++L