From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:38:58 -0700 To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net> From: "EBo" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: <20100216164550.GA8621@nibiru.local>, <20100216164550.GA8621@nibiru.local> Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 ezine Topicbox-Message-UUID: d520abb2-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Ethan Grammatikidis said: > With reference to both this and the Binary Format thread I would like > to say I don't think many people really grasp how different Plan 9's > approach is. Unix was made with the idea of getting away from the > overburdened, ridiculously bloated operating systems of the past. > (Lisp machines could take 15 minutes to start up.) Today the computing > world knows nothing else than trying to add back that bloat unix got > away from, except this time it's usually without the careful design of > the past. Actually, explaining that in an ezine would make a wonderful article. Actually if I had time I think we could post a half dozen or more references which basically explain this as why Plan 9 was designed and developed in the first place. EBo --