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From: Boyd Roberts <boyd@noo...>
Subject: Remote access
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 16:47:03 +0200

From: Douglas A. Gwyn <gwyn@arl...>
To: <9fans@cse...>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [9fans] Remote access

> Judging by the tenor of Boyd's comments on such matters,
> it appears that he wants Plan 9 to be (remain?) a pure
> work of art, unsullied by practical considerations.
> I don't say that's wrong, but I do say that one needs
> to identify what the goals of the software are.
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> It should be possible to isolate interface "ugliness"
> into modules that are entirely separate from the
> artistic portions of the system.

excellent analysis.  i'm not opposed to adding in 3rd
party stuff, but look what happened to linux; kitchen
sink syndrome.