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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:52:56 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] fun quote
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> Now, Plan 9's kernel is pretty old too, isn't it?

that's the point.  age is a red herring.

> What has saved other 'popular' kernels from this?  For instance, no body
> ever complains about FreeBSD being a complex cluster, but it has
> pretty wide adoption (even as a 'desktop').  What about OS X?  Has
> Apple's arrogance and secrecy saved it from....  open source
> development?  It seems like they release code only after they are damn
> sure they've gotten all they can out of it.

so you're saying that osx is not complicated?

- erik