>> Ergo: Plan 9 does not (yet?) contain sufficient tools to be >> self-sustaining. > > we've managed for years....
With all respect due to you and Mr Coraid (don't make mne look his name up, he's so conspicuosly absent on this list, even his hallowed name has faded - bless him :-) for all you have contributed, Coraid is as exceptional as Cuba (and more successful, to our relief, no doubt). But that was a formidable battle (nay, a full-out war) you waged against all odds and at some stage it must have felt as if the USSR stood a greater chance against Reagan and Thatcher combined. I doff my hat, but I'm not going to start believing in miracles any time soon, much as this is one miracle I would like to see and I think, at minimum, you've overcome the five-year survival barrier. ++L
