erik quanstrom wrote:
is not available under Plan 9. (Or is it?) As there is no simple
introduction to Plan 9 new users will just go the easy way and get
Windows or Linux.
lack of an introduction is not the problem. not being unix
is the problem.
Looking too much like UNIX while acting differently is part of the
problem. However, the bigger part is that the existing documentation
can be a bit daunting for someone who is new to Plan 9, and still has
only a vague notion of how the system works. Like the UNIX man pages,
the documentation is very detailed, and great for a reference. But many
new users need a bit of hand-holding, of the "Trust me, you want to run
this command. You'll learn why/how later, but for now, just RUN THIS
COMMAND." sort. At least until the 'new user' anxiety dies down a bit,
and the return of rational thought allows one to digest the more
extensive documentation.
Besides, isn't not being UNIX one of the prominent features of Plan 9?
Steven Vormwald
PS: John, thanks for the link to the RIT Intro paper (in another message
in this thread). It helped a lot.
