From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:54:56 -0600 To: "Ethan Grammatikidis" , , "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net> From: "EBo" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <7D123B77-4F46-4E46-9883-6FF4D4128CA7@fastmail.fm> References: <13426df11003202248l4c8f9577ueab252b93b785810@mail.gmail.com> , , Subject: Re: [9fans] recreational programming of an evening Topicbox-Message-UUID: ee207872-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > It took nearly 10 years for Plan 9 to be released open-source, but I > think the bigger issue would have been people not "getting" the Plan 9 > way then, just as they don't "get" it now. Most people do not "get" Linux or UNIX internals for that matter. Maybe 1 in 100 users have a clue. The difference would be to have started from an elegant and consistent design. EBo --