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On 6/30/05, Markus   Törnqvist <mjt@nysv.org> wrote:
> 
> >instead of trying to get a monstrosity (albeit a very cool one,
> >conceptually) into the kernel.  Sure, it could be made to work,
> >but not without dropping our Unixness.  And if we do, we should
> >start by looking at Plan 9 =)
> 
> What's wrong with "dropping our Unixness" if it means taking
> an extra step toward Plan 9?
> 
> Why is this a bad idea?
> 

It's not.  For those who don't already know about it: check out the
v9fs project (http://v9fs.sf.net) - we're taking steps of moving the
Linux kernel towards Plan 9 while trying to preserve Unix semantics
where they make sense.

     -eric