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Re:The Plan 9 Effect or why you should not fix it if it isn'... by kgwgk on Saturday May 28, 2016 @12:42PM (#11792281)
Not only because it was free, but also because "worse is better".

Unix and C are the ultimate computer viruses. ["The Rise of Worse is Better" by Richard P. Gabriel, included in "The UNIX-HATERS Handbook"]

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Re:The Plan 9 Effect or why you should not fix it if it isn'... by pjmlp on Saturday May 28, 2016 @02:03PM (#11792591)
Yeah, now all the people that make money out of security related work and tooling are thankful that they spread like that.
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