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From: Peter da Silva <peter@bonkers.taronga.com>
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From: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re:  Plan9 - a salutory tale
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
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References: <9507260355.AA11554@gdwest.gd.com> <9507261814.AA08617@plokta.eng.sun.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 02:57:03 GMT

In article <9507261814.AA08617@plokta.eng.sun.com>,
Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@eng.sun.com> wrote:
>As to whether there is anything FreeBSD can learn from Plan 9, I don't
>think so.

I disagree. Oh, not in the user interface model, but in the file system
and process model. It takes the UNIX "everything is a file" a logical
evolutionary step forward.

As for the UI... well, you can run "sam" and "9term" and "9wm" and get
most of it. I kind of like "sam", though it needs better key bindings.
9term and 9wm are for the birds.