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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:36:06 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] GSOC: Drawterm for the iPhone
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> > ok, you can't compare porting inferno to the ds with drawterm for the iphone
> > drawterm is an app to get to a Plan 9 server, inferno is a self contained
> > operating system where you can get the advantage of writing your
> > own apps for it.
>
> Except that drawterm ends up being a mini-Plan 9 kernel like
> everything else out there. The concepts aren't so different.

the devices drawterm does provide are not essential
parts of the kernel.  the fact that drawterm exists is proof.

- erik