Plan 9? (+ others)

[Steven Bellovin]

In article <583 at unisv.UUCP>, vanpelt at unisv.UUCP writes:
> Argh!  Mice!  I hate meeces to pieces! :-)
> 
> I certainly hope (well, actually, from what I know about the people
> involved, I'm reasonably confident) that if they must design a
> system that is "user (*bletch*) friendly", they make it one which
> does not cripple the person who (a) knows what they're doing and
> (b) is not stricken with nameless dread at the sight of a "%" prompt.

I wasn't clear in my original posting.  As far as I know, Plan 9 does not use Sun- (or
Apple-....) style icons to do everything in the world.  The mouse is a pointing and
editing device; it is not intended to replace the shell.


		--Steve Bellovin