On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 14:31, Roman V. Shaposhnik <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 14:25 -0800, Christopher Nielsen wrote: >> > ... I've seen this study and I tend to believe it. But there's a gotcha: >> > the kind of work that I and other software engineers do with computers >> > is almost orthogonal to what the study was focusing on. I don't believe >> > anybody else, but engineers, spend the majority of time dealing with >> > text. >> >> Who do you think Plan 9 was designed for and by? > > For researches by researches. You have a different explanation?
By programmers for programmers. >> Maybe you should try using the system without all your preconceived >> notions of what should and should not be. > > I'm using 9vx on a daily basis (and there used to be a certain level > of 9term, but it had declined now). I've been using Plan9 in one > form or the other since 2000. Do my notions still seem preconceived > to you, or can we, please, move on? I could care less about your usage patterns, honestly. Your notions seem preconceived purely based on your commentary over the last month. No need to reply. This is my last post on the subject. -- Christopher Nielsen "They who can give up essential liberty for temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin
