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From: Gary Capell gary@sta...
Subject: A question...
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 08:47:18 -0400


Thought the list might be interested in this question as well.

> G'day!
> 
> ...or as we say in Sweden "God dag!" I stumbled over your short 
> (to-the-point) article on Plan 9, specifically on its "Differences from 
> Unix". Being, I admit, a DOS/Windows person and judging from the little bit 
> I've learnt so far, Plan 9 seems very promising and its philosophy appeals 
> to me greatly. However, your article states that a three-button mouse is 
> assumed. Is this true for developers only or does it disqulify Plan 9 from 
> touch-screen GUI applications on hand-held on-line terminals?

The current GUI tools all assume a three-button mouse, but the
libraries don't.  There's nothing to stop people writing other GUIs for
terminals that are rodentially challenged.

> 
> Thanks a parking lot
> 
> Otto Medin (om@gam...)