> why use plan 9 at all? why not just install linux or freebsd? > russ
In fact, I do use FreeBSD and p9p, thanks, most of the time. The point for me is that plan9 is much nicer as a development environment, but most of the time I am using software written by other people, most of whom, sadly, were not Rob Pike. -- John Stalker School of Mathematics Trinity College Dublin tel +353 1 896 1983 fax +353 1 896 2282