> When did electricity exist, versus when did electricity exist in the home?
And we do not get a great deal of choice between AC and DC even though there are places where the one is superior to the other. It seems to me that many here want to have their cake and eat it: they want those features of Plan 9 that are not in Windows and/or Linux and are not likely to surface there any time soon, but they also want those features that have made Windows and Linux the popular choices. Thing is, the GUI, ease of installation, etc., are "populistic" features. Private namespaces, a consistent file interface, a powerful generic communication protocol, Venti, Factotum, Acme, even Rio, are all rough diamonds, you have to be able to visualise their value for yourself before you can figure out how to extract that value from them. And that is contrary to the "immediate gratification" approach that Windows and eventually Linux have adopted as their marketing slogan. If you try the same with Plan 9, you'll get at the end yet another Windows with many of the breakages that have always plagued Windows and are beginning to plague Linux. Good luck. ++L
